<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Sydneysiders will cop an additional $103 million in tolls by 2028, the NSW budget has forecasted.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The M6 Stage 1 and Western Harbour Tunnel are both slated to open in 2028, bringing the state's total toll revenue from $180 million to $283 million by the 2028-29 financial year.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The government said the increase in revenue will come solely from the two roads opening, rather than an increase in fees on privately owned roads.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/east-coast-low-fears-of-bomb-cyclone-sydney-nsw-coast/058a06e0-ee22-472d-acd8-79afe1046280" target="_blank"><strong><span>'Dangerous' storm ramping up flood, damage fears in NSW as flights cancelled</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Both roads will be publicly owned.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We are keeping the Western Harbour Tunnel and M6 Stage 1 in public hands, along with the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Tunnel," a spokesperson for the government said in a media statement.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This will double the number of toll roads in the network that are not privately owned—essential to rebuilding competition and wrestle back some control and ownership for the people of NSW.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-motorists-to-cop-additional-103-million-in-tolls-by-2028/fc05de27-10c4-4238-b0af-064d03c5483f" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We were honest with the public from day one: the toll situation would get worse before it got better."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/idaho-shooting-firefighters-attacked-by-sniper-in-coeur-d-alene-us-news/7f3995df-5b81-4360-9d91-74a6a5ecc21a" target="_blank"><strong><span>Gunman who set blaze to ambush firefighters in US identified</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The forecasted jump of $103 million in revenue is based on the environmental impact statements and planning documents developed and released under the former Liberal government, the Minns government said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A $60 weekly toll cap is still in place for motorists using paid roads to and from western Sydney.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Since the cap was introduced at the start 2024, more than $139 million has been paid back to Sydney drivers.</span></div></div>