Toll-road reform in NSW makes sense. How toll roads are set up dates back to the days when drivers tossed loose change into baskets to get across the Sydney Harbour Bridge or drive down the M2.
Roads were built, financed and sold to the highest bidder in pieces over a few decades. New roads were built to connect to old roads, keeping traffic (and freight) moving more freely and trying to create a network effect.
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