Demand for Toll Refunds After Seven Hour Sydney Motorway Closure Causes Chaos The 25 year old M5 motorway tunnel in Sydney, Australia, was forced to close Wednesday morning due to a faulty fan, leaving over 10,000 motorists stranded in traffic for hours.
This incident has raised questions about the maintenance schedule and safety protocols of Transurban, the company responsible for managing Australia's largest toll roads.
The complexity of the public private partnership model governing Sydney's motorway system is partly to blame for the severity of the disruption.