Check you get new toll rebate
Blacktown City , Hills Shire and Hawkesbury drivers may be eligible to save up to $ 750 a year on tolls .
Under a new relief package , motorists will receive a 40 per cent rebate for tolls incurred once they spend more than $ 375 in a year , under the Toll Rebate Scheme .
The maximum annual benefit for each customer will be $ 750 and will affect all NSW toll roads including Westlink M7 Motorway , Hills M2 Motorway and M5 South-West Motorway . Heavy vehicles will not be eligible for this rebate .
Premier Dominic Perrottet said the new scheme would see more NSW motorists benefit from targeted payments compared with the existing Registration Relief Scheme .
“ This new program will provide more relief , more often to more motorists . The number of road users receiving toll relief will more than double . Almost 300,000 extra drivers will benefit ,” Mr Perrottet said .
“ Our strong economy means we can ease cost of living pressures by ensuring there will be many more drivers eligible for relief especially in areas across western , north western and south western Sydney .
“ This is a fairer and more equitable system based more closely on the amount a motorist actually spends on tolls . Motorists will receive up to $ 750 back each year .”
For tolls incurred up to 30 June 2022 , road users can continue to receive vehicle registration relief until 30 June 2023 .
For tolls incurred from 1 July 2022 , customers can access the new program and will receive their first rebate payment in early 2023 , followed by quarterly payments .
The program will be in place for an initial two-year period , while the government finalises and implements long term tolling reforms .
The M5 South West Cashback Scheme will continue .
For more information , check out ServiceNSW website .
Westlink M7 Motorway is one of the toll roads under the new rebate scheme . Picture : Live Traffic NSW .
WestInvest allocated for Blacktown
A $ 200 million aquatic , cultural , community and library complex in Riverstone , a $ 95 million basketball and volleyball hub in Rooty Hill , a $ 30 million regional netball and multisports centre in Schofields are just some of the projects Blacktown City Council is hoping to fund from the WestInvest grant program .
Blacktown City Council has been allocated $ 34.548 million as part of the $ 400 million WestInvest allocation directly to 15 western Sydney councils . Its wish list of designs and costings for approval for 16 of its projects include :
• Transformation of Mount Druitt Town Centre $ 27,000,000
• Provide green screen planting along local roads $ 100,000
• Provide disability access to sporting fields $ 100,000
• Provide lighting for pedestrian crossing $ 500,000
• Construct a path along Robinson Street , Riverstone $ 100,000
• Extensive lighting upgrade for Stanhope Gardens Reserve $ 40,000
• Replacement of flooring and lights , Quakers Community Centre $ 67,000
• Extension of median island , Riverstone Rd , Riverstone $ 8,600
• Construction of splash pad at Riverstone Pool $ 800,000
• Ashley Brown Reserve playground , paths , seating and access $ 1,600,000
• Half basketball court , Chifley Park , Lalor Park $ 400,000
• Paths , access , play areas and trees in Tallawong Reserve , Blacktown $ 1,000,000
• Picnic areas , courts , seating , tree planting Rosenthal Park , Doonside $ 1,000,000
• Splash pad and pool heating Charlie Lowles Leisure Centre , Emerton $ 1,300,000
• All weather cricket training area , Whalan Reserve $ 300,000
• Community projects throughout Willmot $ 400,000
Major projects proposed for further funding of $ 647 million in the competitive bidding round :
• Regional netball and multi-sports centre , Schofields $ 30,800,000
• NSW State Emergency Service ( SES ) facility in Oakhurst $ 16,000,000
• Blacktown City Arts and Cultural Centre , Blacktown $ 40,000,000
• Riverstone Community Resource Hub and aquatic facility $ 232,700,000
• NSW Basketball and Volleyball Western Sydney Hub , May Cowpe Reserve , Rooty Hill $ 95,000,000
• New Police and Community Youth Centres ( PCYC ) Community Facility in Mount Druitt $ 25,000,000
• Mount Druitt Swimming Centre Renewal $ 50,000,000
• Ashley Brown Reserve Lalor Park renewal and expansion $ 30,000,000
• Traffic signals installation at Flushcombe Rd and Bungarribee Rd , Blacktown $ 17,100,000
• Seven Hills community resource hub $ 30,385,000
• Blacktown Aquatic Centre , Boyd Street , Blacktown , refurbishment $ 60,000,000 .
Blacktown City Population Today : 403,000 Population 2041 : 612,000 Is the Government providing the services and infrastructure to provide opportunity for residents and businesses ? What would you like to see happen in our area ? Have your say by emailing or calling my office .
Authorised by Stephen Bali MP . Funded using parliamentary entitlements July 2022 .
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