NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet said widespread reform of the city’s expensive toll system would not occur until the next term of government and signalled subsidies for drivers would continue in the interim.
The government announced the toll relief scheme at last year’s budget,when Perrottet also pledged to work to reform the city’s complicated and costly toll road system.
Several key Liberal-held seats sit on single-digit margins ahead of the March election,including Penrith,Winston Hills,Riverstone and Camden.
In Jamisontown near Penrith to announce the start of his government’s shared equity scheme on Monday,the premier said his government was delivering an economic plan for the whole of NSW,not just western Sydney.
Asked if he conceded the region would be critical to election success in March,he said he would “govern for everyone”.
Perrottet said the toll relief scheme was aimed at easing cost-of-living pressures.