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NRMA Report Points To $3.8 Billion ‘Black Hole’ In Road Maintenance Funding

An NRMA report has highlighted a widening gap between road funding and road maintenance, which the motoring group says is around $3.78 billion. The association is calling on the Federal Government to allocate more fuel excise revenue to road projects,


An NRMA report has highlighted a widening gap between road funding and road maintenance, which the motoring group says is around $3.78 billion.

The association is calling on the Federal Government to allocate more fuel excise revenue to road projects, saying up to half of the current 38.1 cents per litre is required to fund the ‘black hole’.

The NRMA says additional funding is required to bring basic council roads up to a ‘satisfactory condition’, which does not include provisions for future improvements.

Around 10 cents of the 38.1 cents per litre motorists currently pay in fuel excise is returned to roads, but the Federal Government outlined its intentions to increase this amount by returning to biannual fuel excise increases in the Federal Budget.

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