Victorian embraces charging reform and more
In principle, Victorian government support has been given officially to user-pays road charging but there were other responses of note in the Infrastructure Victoria’s plan beyond that crucial item.
The idea suggested in the organisation’s August Victoria’s Infrastructure Strategy 2021–2051 report was to replace fixed road user charges with variable distance-based and congestion charges over the next 10 years, by gradually expanding and reforming the existing electric vehicle (EV) charge.
It would also ensure user-pays charging reflects the relative costs of road use, encouraging people to adopt beneficial travel behaviour.
The intent
