Drivers could be charged per kilometre travelled on tolled motorways after the state government ordered a review to ease financial pressure on drivers.

The idea of a distance-based toll or a lower threshold for registration discounts will be considered.

Nine News reporter Chris O’Keefe told Mark Levy contracts with Transurban would have to be renegotiated.

“They’re trying to figure out a way to fix this.”

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