{"id":23960,"date":"2023-11-13T04:43:18","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T04:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=23960"},"modified":"2023-11-13T04:43:18","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T04:43:18","slug":"government-cant-cost-a-60-toll-cap-expects-people-to-believe-it-can-forecast-40-years-accurately","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2023\/11\/13\/government-cant-cost-a-60-toll-cap-expects-people-to-believe-it-can-forecast-40-years-accurately\/","title":{"rendered":"Government can\u2019t cost a $60 toll cap, expects people to believe it can forecast 40 years accurately"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Labor Government couldn\u2019t even cost its $60 toll cap correctly, but now expect people to believe it can forecast 40 years of toll road revenue \u2013 this is a made up number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If NSW Treasury and Transport for NSW were so precise why does the NSW Budget change its forecasts every six months?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Fact is Labor committed to tabling in Parliament the Toll Road contracts \u2013 The former Coalition Government disagreed with that approach, but Labor were elected and they should meet their commitment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If Labor disagree with a user-pay approach why are they still committed to tolling the M6 Stage 1 and Western Harbour Tunnel, which are both Government owned projects they could remove the toll on tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ENDS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Background<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The M6 Stage 1 and Western Harbour Tunnel are two road projects in delivery by Transport for NSW and 100% owned by the NSW Government.<\/li><li>A decision to toll either project is a policy decision of Government just like the tolling arrangements for the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Tunnel.<\/li><li>Earlier this year the Labor Government increased tolls on the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Tunnel after promising that \u201cTolls would be cheaper under Labor\u201d.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Labor Commitment to Table Toll Contracts:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Famp.smh.com.au%2Fpolitics%2Fnsw%2Fnsw-labor-gets-all-clear-to-release-secret-toll-contract-details-if-it-wins-govt-20230322-p5cubl.html&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cwebmaster%40nsw.liberal.org.au%7Ce85b09443d8241e1a75d08dbe3d5cb81%7Cf7b9e888f8a7467190c0d6ca09a51633%7C0%7C0%7C638354279764252348%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=jUk3nTogo%2BUuOgRIhp93ytrzbPDYGZj13%2FFocaomVa0%3D&amp;reserved=0\">https:\/\/amp.smh.com.au\/politics\/nsw\/nsw-labor-gets-all-clear-to-release-secret-toll-contract-details-if-it-wins-govt-20230322-p5cubl.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Toll Roads commissioned under each Party<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Labor<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Liberal<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sydney Harbour TunnelEastern DistributorCross City TunnelM7Lane Cove Tunnel<\/td><td>M5 South WestM2North ConnexWest ConnexM6 Stage 1<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Labor Government couldn\u2019t even cost its $60 toll cap correctly, but now expect people to believe it can forecast 40 years of toll road revenue \u2013 this is a made up number. If NSW Treasury and Transport for NSW were so precise why does the NSW Budget change its forecasts every six months? 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