PM baulks at extra $150 million for roads NSW motoring body NRMA is lobbying the federal government for a $150m congestion-busting fund. PRIME Minister Julia Gillard says her government will continue investing at record levels to help fix NSW roads but she won't promise a $150 million fund to tackle congestion. The state's peak motoring body, the NRMA, is calling on both the federal government and opposition to set up a fund that councils could use to beat traffic gridlock. It says applications for projects to address the issue could come from councils and the roads department, and be assessed by a panel including the federal government, local council representatives and the NRMA. "If Sydney doesn't work, Australia doesn't work, and this city has a serious congestion problem - it's affecting our quality of life and hurting businesses," NRMA president Wendy Machin said on Sunday. If we're going to improve the way Sydney moves, we need to find creative solutions to these problems. Ms Gillard told reporters on Sunday her government had made significant provisions to tackle problem roads across the city. We've been very big investors in infrastructure in Sydney. We've invested $5.5 billion - that's 15 times more than the Howard government did during all of its years in office - and much of that money is directed to fixing the spots where the gridlock gets the worst," she said. We'll continue investing at record levels. The NRMA says an extra pot of money could go towards providing real-time information on the location of available parking spots, to prevent drivers circling busy areas looking for parking. The funding could also be spent providing more off-street parking, or replacing pedestrian crossings with traffic lights outside schools and providing short-term drop-off bays for parents. Comment is being sought from the federal opposition.