Re: [NSW] Road Knowledge For Dummies Part 3

["Mathew Quaid" <quaidy@hotmail.com>]

A bit OT, but I think the cash back scheme works quite well- it saves the
people who use it a lot (ie. the locals), but infrequent users/tourists etc
still pay, so it doesn't cost the govt as much as it could.

"Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> > Wouldn't say that. You just have to look at Victoria. A) The libs know
how
> > to market themselves. B) Anything is possible. Jeff Who?? had a very
good
> > chance of winning last years election, but Jeff Bracks did instead. With
> > the current "issues" surrounding Cityrail, I'm sure that's left a really
> > unimpressionable mark on the Carr gov't. Then again, I don't really keep
> up
> > with NSW politics, so are there any other issues that could see Carr
> kicked
> > out by a backlash of voters at the next election?
>
> The west of Sydney will become very anti-Labor - Carr promised at the 1995
> election to remove the tolls from the M4 and M5 - after he was elected, he
> found out it would be too costly, and instituted a "CashBack" scheme
> instead, where you have to open an account with the toll companies, give
> them oyur credit card details, they hit your card to open an account with
> them (so you incur interest charges) and every three months you fill out
an
> application and the government reimburses you. Most people find it to be
too
> much hassle and don't bother.
>
> BUT - it was announced today that the M4 toll will be going up next week
> from $1.60 to $2.20. I can see the Libs making an issue of this in western
> and south-western electorates, based on the broken promise to lift the
tolls
> (despite the fact it was a coalition government which approved the
contracts
> which made them tollways in the first place).
>
> Feelings are running hot out here (in Penrith at least) as the planned
> increase will add $6 per week to the tolls of those travelling to the city
> on a daily basis.
>
> Dave
>
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