The average Sydney driver spends more than $82 per week on tolls, a motoring organisation says. Photo: Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS

Motorists in the world's most tolled city are breathing a sigh of relief with a popular rebate scheme being permanently extended.

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Hundreds of thousands of drivers had been claiming about $8 million a month in rebates under NSW Labor's $60 weekly toll "cap" scheme.

But as the two-year scheme's end date of December 31 approached, the state government on Tuesday confirmed it would continue indefinitely.

The scheme helps ease household budget pressures, part

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