A TOLL may be the only way the ACT Government can afford to fund the proposed Majura Parkway, according to Infrastructure Australia’s report to the Council of Australian Governments.

The report suggested funding conditions for the Majura Parkway project, asking “the road be tolled with a view to ensuring that a reasonable proportion of capital costs and all the road’s operational and maintenance costs, are recovered through tolls”.

ACT Greens transport spokesperson Amanda Bresnan said the potential of a toll was one of the many issues about the road the Government had failed to tell the public.

“It is interesting to see a body like Infrastructure Australia suggesting that we can’t keep relying on major road building; today its spokesperson said we need to increase the capacity of our public transport, otherwise be prepared to pay more tolls and taxes for roads,” she said.

Bresnan said the Government and the Liberals recently denied a Greens’ Assembly motion to ensure scrutiny of these issues.

“The Government must tell the public if it wants a toll on Majura Parkway. If it won’t apply a toll, will the Government pay the whole $288million for the project itself? The Greens think that money could go to better solutions,” she said.