The toll rates for five major highways - North-South Expressway, Sprint Highway, Ampang Elevated Highway, Sungai Besi Highway, New Pantai Expressway - will increase this Sunday by up to 33 percent.
Beginning March 1, road users for North-South Expressway will be paying an extra 0.86 sen per kilometre - a hike of about 5 percent.
The following are the increases for other highways:
- Sprint Highway
Pantai toll plaza - up 50 sen from RM1.50 to RM2 (increase of 33%)
Damansara toll plaza - up 30 sen from RM1 to RM1.30 (increase of 30%)
- Ampang Elevated Highway
Up 50 sen from RM1.50 to RM2 (an increase of 33%)
- Sungai Besi Highway
Up 10 sen from RM1.30 to RM1.40 (an increase of 7.7%)
- New Pantai Expressway
Works Minister Mohd Zin Mohamed, who made the announcement today, said that the government had paid RM245 million in compensation to toll operators to waive the toll hike for last year.
Oh yes ah, government compensated toll operators..so good hor...Now, rakyat's turn to compensate in this economic downturn. Continue to support BARANG NAIK!
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