We have the same problem in the U.S., on a smaller scale. The Bushies keep threatening to withhold all funding from AMTRAK, the national passenger rail corporation. They say the majority of taxpayers drive cars, so the tax money should subsidize highways. They say that if AMTRAK cannot support itself, then it should be put out of business.
They don't say anything about highways that don't support themselves.
-Joe Offer-