Toll rates for 20 highways are not planned to be increased next year, but the government is expected to pay RM558.69 million in compensation to highway concessionaires as a result, Bernama reports.
The 20 aforementioned highways are:
- Ampang-Kuala Lumpur Elevated Highway (AKLEH)
- Western Kuala Lumpur Traffic Dispersal Scheme (SPRINT)
- New Pantai Expressway (NPE)
- Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway (SILK)
- Storm Water Management and Road Tunnel (SMART)
- South Klang Valley Expressway (SKVE)
- Sungai Besi Expressway (SBE)
- Senai-Desaru Expressway (SDE)
- Butterworth Outer Ring Road (BORR)
- Guthrie Corridor Expressway (GCE)
- Kajang-Seremban Highway (LEKAS)
- Duta-Ulu Kelang Expressway (DUKE)
- Maju Expressway (MEX)
- Damansara-Puchong Expressway (LDP)
- New North Klang Straits Bypass (NNKSB)
- East Coast Expressway (ECE1)
- Kuala Lumpur-Karak Expressway (KLK)
- Cheras-Kajang Highway (Grand Saga)
- KL-Kuala Selangor Expressway (LATAR)
- Shah Alam Highway (LKSA).
“An allocation of RM458 million has been approved to the ministry to pay the compensation. An additional allocation will be sought in mid-2015,” deputy Works minister Datuk Seri Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin said, adding that 17 highways will get their compensation next year; the rest in 2016.
The compensation amount is based on a formula stipulated in the concession agreement, and the actual amount will only be determined after the Malaysian Highway Authority (LLM) completes its traffic verification process, she said.
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