Thursday, Sep 24, 2009 at 14:50
Why would you object to it??
As a tax payer I have not paid for the
infrastructure and if I don't want to pay for it then I simply don't use it.
As for standing up against it in the first place you must recognise that because of poor government management there simply is no money available to fund it by government so these roads would not be built at all if private Enterprise did not get involved.
Its not just toll roads either, you can extend this private involvement to other
infrastructure areas such as the Victorian Desalination Plant being constructed in Gippsland as one other example.
Lots of people will object to paying their way and toll roads are no exception to this, just consider that in Victoria at least if you use the road and avoid the toll the fine is issued by the police and the toll operator only gets the original toll component owed, the fine goes to the state.
Consider this, now extend the inability to fund future projects of need because of the spending habits of the current Federal Government and toll roads and state
infrastructure will be the least of your problems in years to come.
WA has also been rather lucky in respect of the resource boom has given the state a big leg up.
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