A Labor government will keep the $5 billion Western Harbour Tunnel in public hands as part of a strategy to increase the number of state-owned toll roads.
A NSW Labor government will keep the $5 billion Western Harbour Tunnel in public hands as part of a long-term strategy to increase the number of state-owned toll roads and reduce Transurban’s stranglehold on Sydney’s motorway network.
“Holding a public sector stake in Sydney toll roads gives the public an extra lever in the effort for toll reform,” Minns said. in charges for a number of toll roads, including those for WestConnex which jumped 6 per cent in January.Late last year, the government did an about-turn on the construction method for the Western Harbour Tunnel between Rozelle and North Sydney. It
Last year NSW Metropolitan Roads Minister Natalie Ward categorically ruled out privatising the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the existing harbour tunnel at a budget estimates hearing.
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