NSW drivers could soon be paying less for tolls after an independent review called for a revamp of the state's toll system.
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The review by Professor Allan Fels and Dr David Cousins handed down on July 16 backs key recommendations made in an interim report in March.
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The most significant call is for uniform tolls for all of Sydney's 13 motorways.
The report recommends that tolls should be based on a per-kilometre basis but with the per-kilometre rate declining the greater the distance travelled, which the report argues would deliver greater fairness to drivers in western Sydney and the regions.
The toll burden would be more evenly distributed with the city's east and north also through two-way tolling on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
The bridge was last tolled in both directions in 1970.
The report also recommended the creation of a state-owned tolling entity that would set pricing, with oversight by the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART).
NSW roads minister John Graham acknowledged that toll reform was "critical" and the report was a "one-in-a-generation" chance to address the issue.
"We will also consider legislation consistent with the recommendations in the final report to achieve this important reform," he said.
Transurban controls 11 of Sydney's 13 toll roads.
The tolling giant has previously warned that proposals for network-wide motorway charges and a state-owned tolling entity would add a level of bureaucracy without benefiting drivers.
Transurban has been contacted for comment.
In January the NSW government introduced a $60 weekly toll cap.