Greater than a dozen drivers in NSW are paying greater than $30,000 in toll charges yearly, in response to newly launched figures.
Information from the state government-owned E-Toll supplier exhibits NSW motorists are spending $2.5 billion a yr to drive on toll roads.
The info targeted on the interval between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024 and 1.4 million prospects, filtering out companies or non-public account holders.
It confirmed 901 motorists paid between $10,000 and $20,000 in yearly tolls.
They have been largely from western Sydney, all over the place from Bankstown to Blacktown and Marsden Park to Moorebank.
Probably the most used toll highway was WestConnex with 43 per cent of customers, adopted by the M7 (16 per cent), M5 (12 per cent), Sydney Harbour Bridge and Tunnel (12 per cent), and the M2 (8 per cent).
However the variety of motorists paying $10,000-plus toll payments is probably going a lot larger as the info doesn’t embrace toll spend from the privately-owned supplier Linkt, the state authorities stated.
NSW Roads Minister John Graham stated the charges being paid have been “eye-watering”.
“We’ve almost 1,000 motorists whose annual spend on tolls is in extra of $10,000 which is a major impost irrespective of who you might be — however the reality is that the drivers paying these sky-high payments are in our western suburbs or central coast the place folks can least afford it,” he stated.
