The opposition says tolls are out of control, and they represent a secret tax for hundreds of thousands of people that live west of Parramatta.
Mr Minns says it will look at putting downward pressure on tolls, a long-term compensation package for drivers and injecting more competition into the market.
"I don't think the government wants to admit how deep they are when it comes to the entanglement, when it comes to toll roads in Sydney," Mr Minns said. "We need that detailed economic work to take place now so that we don't blindly stumble into the next contract." Labor will appoint Professor Allan Fels, the former chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission , to oversee the review and make recommendations to the government, if they win office in March."Except, of course, the current contracts are binding."Transurban owns, or has a stake in, the Cross City Tunnel, Eastern Distributor, Lane Cove Tunnel, M2, M5 east and M5 South-West, WestConnex, NorthConnex and M7.
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