Thursday, Apr 06, 2006 at 17:59
Actually, i do feel a bit of a traitor in telling people to use these roads but we get a few o/seas visitors and believe me, if you're not already familiar with the route, it's badly signposted, as are most of
Sydney's roads....but, as an out of towner (1.5 hrs N) I use them at least once a week and admit they do save time and therefore money when you're working for yourself. I sympathise with those who have to pay this every day, sometimes both ways. I know the main bone of contention with the (excellent) cross city tunnel is that they have forced people to use it, not only for cross-city traffic going east-west, but you're also forced to use it to cross the harbour from the E suburbs. In principle, I'm dead against it and think it's the thin end of the wedge.....but, when you're trying to keep up with appointments around town, they are a blessing. $4.50 on the E dist. is only a one way charge, but the M5 gets you both ways at $3.50 the last time I used it, and that was ages ago. It would be good if they eventually knocked the charge off altogether when the road is paid for, like they did with the F3, but I think that was an aberation never to be repeated.
Anyway mate, (visitor from WA) just make sure you use the Eastern distributr. Bugger the $4.50 toll. If you don't know your way around town, you'd be insane not to.
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