Carl D wrote on Feb 8^th, 2023 at 12:43pm:


The Tolls are probably or hopefully paying for the constant upkeep and new Tunnels to try and improve the situation.
But I think its also a case of not doing something properly the first time so it keeps industry and jobs going to always keep fixing it... sort of like Road Crews for Councils in regards to pothole prone roads.

Grappler Racist Filth wrote on Feb 8^th, 2023 at 10:43am:


Well considering some Moslem in a little white van with a smuggled in old USSR nuke black marketed from a former Soviet satellite nation - will send Sydney's Real Estate into the biggest it will ever experience with a "Allah Akhbar!" ...will eventually level it for a proper re-design or turn the worlds best harbour into a giant lake.

When in Construction - I would have to get up at 3am from out Scrambletown way to drive in (45mins) to say Coogee where I would find a parking spot early, have a snooze in car, wake up and have breakfast before work. Any time after 4 and the time of the trip can add an extra 30mins on as the traffic increases.
Driving back in the arvo maxed mostly at 3 hours with 2 hours min regarding the 9-5 time frame.

They call them 'freeways' - but they are anything but in normal times unless way out beyond the major hub of the city.

Sydney is only good if you own a boat and live on the harbour itself. I've lived at Kirribilli and even that's not good enough beyond walking across the bridge to work (office) in the city.

How Sydney has found itself on those Global Polls of 'Best cities to live in, etc' is beyond me. Sydney is the pits and those Polls are obviously 'paid for' (like those Travel-Hotel/Motel things).
I remember Finland being listed as the most depressed country in the world a while back and it had a high suicide rate as well to go with it. A bit of $$$ by its Tourism industry and for 5 years running now - all the Finns are suddenly the 'happiest' people on the planet. In truth, the country is just a big Retirement and Aged Care Facility with mostly foreign immigration ticking its population growth along.

I LOVE toll roads.

I can go at warp speed from one part of the city to another, pay $5 and fit in twice as much work.

I regularly get from my place to Balmain in 15 mins, if I did that without the Cross City Tunnel it would be more like 45.

NSW Labor promises no driver will pay more than $60 a week in road tolls


New Daily
Feb 12 2023

NSW Labor will cap road tolls to $60 a week if it wins the March state election, as the party seeks to overhaul the bloated toll network and press infrastructure operators for a better deal.

Over 50,000 drivers would be better off under the plan, saving around $147 million over its initial two year lifespan, the party said.

Professor Allan Fels, renowned economist and former chair of the consumer watchdog ACCC, would be appointed to lead the review of the state’s toll system under Labor.

Opposition leader Chris Minns said deals made by the current government were driving record tolls.

“This mess is Dominic Perrottet’s own making – they have signed secret contracts and privatised toll roads,” Mr Minns said.

“Toll companies can’t lose. Sydney drivers can’t win.”   

Quarterly refunds
The change would be on top of the government’s existing rebate of up $750 for eligible drivers and M5 cashback scheme.

Prof Fels would lead a review into long term reform options to overhaul the tolling system in NSW, including reviewing contracts with private road operators, the biggest of which in Sydney is Transurban.

A cap of $60 a week would commence on January 1, 2024 if Labor wins the March election and any tolls charged above the cap would be refunded on a quarterly basis by Service NSW.

Last week private operator Transurban, which controls 10 out of 12 of Sydney’s tolls roads, said the state’s drivers paid over $835 million in tolls in just six months.

In a note to investors the company revealed earnings of $1.66 billion for the back half of last year and said tolls would increase by around 20 per cent over the next four years.

The government has conducted a review of Sydney’s tolling system, which was due for completion last September, but has been delayed for release until after the election next month.   

-AAP

Gateway bridge was paid off years ago. The state government then sold it off to a private company and still charge. clowns.

ok, but why pay for a bridge that's been paid off?