Future of myki card remains uncertain

The future of Victoria's troubled public transport smart card system remains uncertain, with a government review to be released next week.

The coalition has abandoned the planned Easter switch-off of the existing Metcard system in favour of the new myki technology.

Premier Ted Baillieu says myki has had "enormous" money committed to it - already about $1.4 billion - without much public confidence in its operation.

"We have to actually make a determination how to deal with a problem that's been left on the table for us to fix," Baillieu told Fairfax Radio on Friday.

"It's an extraordinarily expensive project.

"We have to work out whether we dump it altogether, or whether we modify it, or whether we keep it.

"Whichever way we go there's going to be a significant cost attached to that."

He said the threat of legal action would be a factor in assessing the potential costs of dumping the beleaguered system.

The review of myki is expected to be released next week.

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