A road safety advocate says we can't simply toll our way to a better transport network.

The ACT party's promising to replace fuel excise taxes with road tolls, and invite foreign investment in infrastructure projects.

AA Road Safety spokesperson Dylan Thomsen told Tim Dower that we don't have anywhere near the same volume of traffic as overseas, so some form of tax will still be needed.

He says tolls can't cover all the cost of the project and they might help, but we will still need a fuel tax or road user charges.

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A road safety advocate says we can't simply toll our way to a better transport network.
The ACT party's promising to replace fuel excise taxes with road tolls, and invite foreign investment in infrastructure projects.
AA Road Safety spokesperson Dylan Thomsen told Tim Dower that we don't have anywhere near the same volume of traffic as overseas, so some form of tax will still be needed.
He says tolls can't cover all the cost of the project and they might help, but we will still need a fuel tax or road user charges.
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