The State Opposition and media outlets have been asking the Government for months to provide daily figures on the number of vehicles using the new toll road. The maximum is $4.74 for cars and $14.22 for trucks.
The 7.5 kilometre stretch of road is charged on distance-based tolling. "The amount of money you have to pay going in and out of the city each day, $10 a day, that's $50 a week - who can afford it?" "I reckon it sucks, I mean we pay a petrol tax and they still want to charge tolls and they keep going up and up," Martin, a truck driver, said.Īnother couple who travel from Penrith into the city twice a week also avoid the tolls because it was simply too expensive. The ABC spoke to dozens of motorists at the congested Church street exit of the M4 on Thursday morning, who all refused to take the toll route. Many motorists are exiting the M4 at Church St and either driving back roads or 'rat runs' or opting to take the toll-free Parramatta road. The decline could cost the NSW Government up to $70 million in missed revenue annually.
New figures reveal that since the toll was reintroduced there are on average 42,000 fewer vehicles using the motorway each day.
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Almost one year since the New South Wales Government re-introduced a toll on the M4 motorway, drivers are turning off in droves to avoid paying the charge between Parramatta and Homebush.
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