Toll Rates At 14 Expressways To Remain Unchanged

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 6 (Bernama) -- Toll rates at 14 expressways will remain unchanged following the government's announcement that there will no toll increase this year, Works Minister Datuk Fadillah Yusof said.

However, he said as a long-term solution, the ministry would carry out a comprehensive review on the existing toll concessions, as well as toll collection terms and conditions agreeable by the concessionaires.

"The ministry will fine-tune several options, such as restructuring the toll rates by taking into account the costs of operation and maintenance, traffic volumes, company's profit and losses, and facilities provided for the comfort of expressway users," he said in a statement here Thursday.

Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin Wednesday announced that there would be no toll rate hikes this year and that the government would need to pay RM400 million in compensation to the concessionaires involved.

Fadillah said the ministry would also meet with the concessionaires, as well as other relevant parties, to discuss and find short, medium and long terms solutions to the issue, and to create a win-win package for all quarters involved, namely the government, the people, the concessionaires and the investors.

The following are the 14 expressways where the toll rates would remain unchanged.

1. Ampang-Kuala Lumpur Elevated Highway (Akleh)

2. Western KL Traffic Dispersal System (Sprint) Expressway

3. New Pantai Expressway (NPE)

4. Stormwater Management and Road Tunnel (Smart)

5. Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway (Silk)

6. Damansara-Puchong Expressway (LDP)

7. Kajang-Seremban Expressway (Lekas)

8. Senai-Desaru Expressway (SDE)

9. Shah Alam-Kuang (Guthrie Corridor) Expressway

10. South Klang Valley Expressway (SKVE)

11. Sungai Besi Expressway (Besraya)

12. Butterworth Outer Ring Road (Borr)

13. Maju Expressway (MEX)

14. Duta-Ulu Kelang Expressway (Duke)