Current road funding approaches do not readily facilitate large scale investmentprojects such as those that have been financed through BOOT schemes.• Recently, traffic congestion in Australia’s two largest cities reached levelswhere major investment was considered necessary. BOOT schemes provide amethod for governments to bring the required road works forward in time,without increasing general taxes or borrowings. Instead, the cost ofconstruction and operation are met by charging a toll for the use of the road.
