More than a dozen drivers in NSW are paying more than $30,000 in toll fees every year, according to newly released figures.
Data from the state government-owned E-Toll provider shows NSW motorists are spending $2.5 billion a year to drive on toll roads.
The data focused on the period between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024 and 1.4 million customers, filtering out businesses or private account holders.
It showed 901 motorists paid between $10,000 and $20,000 in yearly tolls.
They were mostly from western Sydney, everywhere from Bankstown to Blacktown and Marsden Park to Moorebank.
The most used toll road was WestConnex with 43 per cent of users, followed by the M7 (16 per cent), M5 (12 per cent), Sydney Harbour Bridge and Tunnel (12 per cent), and the M2 (8 per cent).
But the number of motorists paying $10,000-plus toll bills is likely much higher as the data does not include toll spend from the privately-owned provider Linkt, the state government said.
NSW Roads Minister John Graham said the fees being paid were “eye-watering”.
“We have nearly 1,000 motorists whose annual spend on tolls is in excess of $10,000 which is a significant impost no matter who you are — but the fact is that the drivers paying these sky-high bills are in our western suburbs or central coast where people can least afford it,” he said.
Source Agencies
