The Review, led by Professor Allan Fels AO and Dr David Cousins AM, will examine:
- The structure and level of tolls in NSW in the future, looking at their efficiency, fairness, simplicity and transparency, existing agreements with providers and the impact on all forms of transport
- The extent to which tolls should reflect the capital and operating costs of roads, the impact different users have on road sustainability and the use of roads throughout the day
- The appropriate targeting of relief to provide fairness for the whole community and how to ensure the community, rather than toll road owners, benefit from toll relief
- Whether tolls are understandable, simple for motorists to pay and administratively efficient to collect
- The scope for competition and regulation to influence road tolls and the efficiency of service performance by providers
Professor Fels and Dr Cousins will lead a cross-agency steering committee guiding the review.
A public discussion paper will be released mid-year, followed by public hearings in the second half of 2023. Submissions will be sought from the public and industry stakeholders.
A final report will be released publicly before Cabinet considers its recommendations.
Separately, the NSW Government is set to introduce a $60 a week toll cap for motorists in NSW from the start of next year. This will be on top of the existing Toll Relief Rebate Scheme, which provides eligible drivers the ability to claim a 40 per cent rebate up to a cap.
Read the Terms of Reference.
