Toll roads would be being pushed by the corporate sector and being sold to the govenment on the basis of relieving the State of some fiscal burdon. In truth though there is money to be made in the roll out of these facilities and also with ongoing maintenance and administration. At the end of the day it will only cost the public more.

In reality many other states already have toll road systems. Generally though, these are installed to fund capital works on the principal that once all is paid for, the systems are removed. Once in place these stick around for years.

Using it as a deterant for access to the city is rediculous given there are a lot of people who simply pass through.

Instead of working on so many projects at once, and dawing the congestion card, they would do well to finish these projects, one at a time. It seems like half of Perth is currently under construction at the moment. No money to finish it and occassional evidence to suggest they are actually working on it.

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