Fresh misery for motorists as tolls to rise for a second time in six months

Motorists will be hit with road toll increase of up to 20 cent per trip on the M50 and other key routes next year as the state road body has warned that a failure to hike prices will scare off investors in other projects.

The government delayed previous road toll increases of between 10 and 20 cent for six months earlier this year due to a public backlash, but subsequently gave the go-ahead for the ...