Powerful figure ... the outgoing Director-General of Transport NSW, Les Wielinga. Photo: Ben Rushton The long-standing head of the state's transport bureaucracy, Les Wielinga, is retiring in September, leaving the O'Farrell government in search of a successor. Mr Wielinga, a former boss of the Roads and Traffic Authority who kept his job as the head of transport after the 2011 state election, will leave the $507,000 a year job on September 24. Les has left a lasting legacy for the people of this state. In a statement on Wednesday morning, Transport Minister Gladys Berejiklian and Roads Minister Duncan Gay praised Mr...
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