A new toll relief scheme for Sydney drivers will launch on Tuesday.

A new toll relief scheme for Sydney drivers will launch on Tuesday.Credit:Steven Siewert

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.

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet at Robinson Park in Jamisontown on Monday.

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet at Robinson Park in Jamisontown on Monday.Credit:Kate Geraghty

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.

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“We are putting more money back in the pockets of NSW families particularly those across western Sydney who use our world-class motorway network,” Perrottet said.

Casula,Hammondville,Liverpool,Beaumont Hills and Rouse Hill are the suburbs with the most people eligible for the rebate,according to government data.

Rebates will be backdated to July 1,2022,with the government anticipating payments will be made within days of applications being received.

Government data showed more than 170 million trips were made across Sydney’s toll roads between July and December 2022.

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Perrottet said last week that while his goal was to transform Sydney’s patchwork of toll roads into one united network,it could not be achieved in the near-future. The premier defended taxpayer subsidies for drivers,and pointed out that public transport is also heavily subsidised.

While some toll roads charge motorists a set fee,others use distance-based prices,and almost all are increasing by at least 4 per cent each year.

To be eligible for the rebate,a driver must spend more than $375 on tolls each year and can register through their My Service NSW account to receive the money.

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