Labor leader Chris Minns has promised to table to parliament key details of the lucrative agreements between the state government and the private sector if he wins Saturday’s election,as part of his plan to reform tolling.
During its 12 years in office,the Coalition government has sold the tolling concessions for several major motorways to consortiums led by international road operator Transurban,generating billions of dollars for the state’s coffers.
While NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has argued this has unlocked revenue to build more infrastructure,Minns has contested the private deals leave motorists worse off as they pay steadily increasing toll fees to a private company.
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If Labor is elected,Minns says he will table to the Legislative Assembly key details of the contracts for WestConnex and NorthConnex motorways,including Treasury projections of how much money the tollways will generate over the life of the decades-long agreements.
Opposition roads spokesman John Graham said Labor would also make public any compensation agreements between the Coalition government and Transurban.
“There is currently no way for the public to know how much we are up for in compensation if we try to reform tolling in NSW,” Graham told theHerald.