4 major highways around the country are entitled to increase toll rates next year, announced Works Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof.
He said this was based on the current agreement between the government and the 12 toll concessionaires in the country. The 4 major highways involved are Johor Baru Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway (EDL), the Kajang-Seremban Highway (Lekas), the Senai–Desaru Expressway (SDE), and the Guthrie Corridor Expressway (GCE).
“If the toll rates of the 4 highways are not increased, the government is expected to pay the concessionaires RM59.77 million in compensation,” Fadillah said in a parliamentary written reply to Lim Guan Eng (DAP-Bagan).
Lim had asked the Works Minister to state the outcome of discussions between the government and the toll concessionaires regarding next year’s toll rates, as well as how much the government would need to pay in compensation if the rates were not increased.
Source: NST
