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$20,000 a year in tolls: who pays the most?

$20,000 a year in tolls: who pays the most?

The city’s road charges keep going up, typically by about 4 per cent annually, and will be a hot issue at next month’s NSW election. But how can the major parties ease the burden?

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Mario Olivieri tells his truck drivers, who transport flowers across Sydney each day, to avoid toll roads if they can. It still costs him up to $20,000 a year.

“They’re a big whack to my business,” says Olivieri, who manages A&L Florist and has up to seven drivers on the road on any given day.

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Luca IttimaniReporterLuca Ittimani is an intern in the federal press gallery at Parliament House.

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