NSW ROAD TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION     INC.
Your Road to Success is our Expertise	
hm1614/06
19 May 2006

Ms Andrea Coulter
Productivity Commission
LB2 Collins St
MELBOURNE  VIC  8003

Dear Ms Coulter

The New South Wales Road Transport Association, (NSWRTA) which represents road transport operators in New South Wales, wishes to express its support for the submission lodged by the Australian Trucking Association in relation to the Productivity Commission’s Review of Economic Costs of Freight Infrastructure and Efficient Approaches to Transport Pricing. 

NSWRTA believes the ATA submission provides a sound analysis of the market for land based freight transport in Australia and the forces which drive prospective clients to use road and/or rail to undertake a freight transport task.  NSWRTA also supports the position put by ATA regarding the taxing and charging regime under which the industry contributes funds to the construction and maintenance of the road network.

Please contact me if further assistance is required.

Yours sincerely

Hugh McMaster
Corporate Relations Manager

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