Australian toll roads are found in the eastern states of
New South Wales,
Victoria and
Queensland. Most of the toll roads are within the urban limits of
Sydney
Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...
,
Melbourne and
Brisbane, with the exception of
Toowoomba Bypass in
Toowoomba, Queensland.
Most of the toll roads are partially owned or operated by
Transurban. All toll roads in Australia are tolled electronically (cashless) using
free-flow tolling. All toll collection points are toll gantries, with the last cash toll booths in the country closed in July 2013 on the
M5 South West Motorway.
Tolls are collected from an
e-TAG transponder attached to the vehicle's windscreen. The first e-TAG was developed in the 1990s by Transurban who owns and operates the
CityLink in Melbourne in preparation for what would be one of the world's first 'fully electronic' tollways. There are different e-TAG retailers across the country, such as Transurban's
Linkt or
Transport for NSW's e-Toll.
According to Professor Mark Hickman, the chair of Transport at the
University of Queensland's School of Civil Engineering, toll roads in Australia have not reached expected traffic volumes and do not always relieve
congestion in the short-term.
tollway (M1 and M2 sections) carry the highest volume of traffic and also generate the highest revenue of all the tollways (by a substantial amount). This is mainly due to the necessary cross-city and North (
Melbourne Airport-bound) corridors.
Current toll roads
Former toll roads
Future toll roads
*
Westconnex Stage 3 (M4-M5 Link) in Sydney, to connect the
M4 East
The M4 Motorway is a dual carriageway partially Road pricing, tolled motorway in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia that is designated as the M4 route. The M4 designation is part of the wider A4/M4 (Sydney), A4 and M4 route designation, the M ...
at
Haberfield with the
M8 Motorway at
Sydney Airport
Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport (colloquially Mascot Airport, Kingsford Smith Airport, or Sydney Airport; ; ) is an international airport in Sydney, Australia, located 8 km (5 mi) south of the Sydney central business district, in the ...
, under construction and anticipated to open in 2023.
*
West Gate Tunnel in Melbourne, to connect the
West Gate Freeway at
Yarraville with the
Port of Melbourne and
CityLink at
Docklands, under construction and anticipated to open in 2025.
*
M6 Motorway in Sydney, to connect the
M8 Motorway at
Arncliffe with President Avenue,
Kogarah, anticipated to open in 2025.
*
Western Harbour Tunnel & Beaches Link in Sydney, to connect the
M4-M5 Link,
Victoria Road Victoria Road may refer to:
Roads
* Victoria Road, Adelaide, Australia
* Victoria Road, Sydney, Australia
* Victoria Road, Cambridge, England
* Victoria Road, Oxford, England
* Victoria Road, Kensington, London, England
* Victoria Road, Hong ...
and the
Anzac Bridge at
Rozelle, with the
Burnt Bridge Creek Deviation at
Balgowlah, under planning and anticipated to open in 2026.
*
North East Link
The North East Link is an under construction 26–kilometre tolled motorway scheme in Melbourne, Australia. Its stated objective is to connect the Metropolitan Ring Road at Greensborough with the Eastern Freeway at Bulleen, where the freewa ...
in Melbourne, to connect the
M80 Ring Road
The M80 Ring Road (also known as simply the Ring Road or by the name of its constituent parts: Western Ring Road and Metropolitan Ring Road) is a currently incomplete urban freeway ring road around Melbourne, Australia. This article will deal ...
at
Greensborough with the
M3 Eastern Freeway at
Bulleen, under planning and anticipated to open in 2027.
Toll concessions and prices
New South Wales
Distance-based tolling
Fixed or time of day tolling
Queensland
Victoria
See also
*
Freeways in Australia
*
Road transport in Australia
References
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Highways in Australia