Labor to cut NSW tolls for trucks, tradies

Truck drivers would save up to $3800 a year under Labor's reform of the Sydney toll road system. (Paul Braven/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Trucks using the M5 East and M8 in Sydney will pay less for tolls under a promise by Labor if it wins the March election.

Oversized vehicles like trucks and some utes currently pay three times as much as cars, which Labor will slash to two times, saving around $8 a trip.