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Private toll roads are supposed to save taxpayers’ money, but can have these hidden costs

  • Written by: Milad Haghani, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in Urban Risk and Resilience, The University of Melbourne

If you’ve ever driven in Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane, chances are you’ve used – or steered clear of – a private toll road.

Those three cities are home to 22 private toll roads. And one giant company, Transurban, operates 18 of them: 11 in Sydney, all six toll roads in Brisbane, plus Melbourne’s CityLink.

So, how did...

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