The news of impending toll hikes, reportedly as much as 30%, has not reached major highway concessionaires. Litrak (operators of the LDP and Sprint), Evokest Bhd (DUKE), Besraya, Plus Malaysia and Anih Bhd (ECE) have all claimed that no official instruction regarding toll increases has been sent out.
The highway concessionaires commented that word of an impending toll hike would usually come from the Public Works Department (JKR) and the Malaysian Highway Authority (MHA) first. As of yet, no such announcement has been made, according to Bernama.
This doesn’t mean that a toll hike is not happening, however. Works Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof told the news agency that “an official statement would be issued soon.”
The ministry, according to media reports today, has apparently tabled a proposal for an increase in toll charges for Cabinet approval. It’s reported that several tolls in the Klang Valley, the Kulim-Butterworth Expressway and the East Coast Highway 1 may see hikes of between 20 sen and RM1 from August 2015 if the table gets approved.
Late last year, it was reported that the government would be expected to pay RM558.69 million in compensation to highway concessionaires, if it decides to postpone previously planned toll hikes for 20 highways. We’ll know more soon.
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Everyone that criticizes the govt has to be PR supporters?!
What kind of mentality is this?
And what are you? A hired keyboard warrior?
Normal Rakyat won’t complaints much, but PR troopers will keep blaming Govt and BN?
And sure you’re 1 of them.
BN only need support others not needed enough say.
Keyboard Warriors anot? not your problem…
@ Bnaik . You must be the rich guy so you don’t complaint. Mind to share how much you make per month so you live in comfort lifestyle!
Just a normal Govt service, at least I won’t make blaming as a stupid habit !!!
PR troopers just stop making excuse to blame Govt !!! Support just the word…
This is nothing but pure lies. Each and every of the Highway concessionaires are an UMNO member and crony. They are at the high levels of the Government.
Infact, many of them are direct relatives of Ministers and Members of Parliament. Anything to do with Toll in Parliament is ALWAYS lobbyed and strings pulled by the Highway concessionaires.
In this case, the Highway concessionaires and Toll Operators know about this 30% move. With the backlash in Social Media, these chickens became scared and decided to say that don’t know anything about it.
Hello, we are not stupid. In the first place, for you to get such big lucrative contracts, you guys all got DIRECT link to Parliament and the Government.
Tak Payyah tipu lagi BN Cybertrooper.
why DUKE ? because c0-owned by Haris Hussein Onn?
Brother of Hisammuddin, cousin to Najib razak ??
Then only complaint after the decision to raise toll have been finalized?
The lopsided toll deals were all designed by BN to screw itself and make rakyat to suffer. Only toll owners are real winner.
Better scrap the deal and hand over the highways to JKR after recoup the cost. Why keep renew the deal and let toll owners enjoy insane profits for another 30, 50 years?
For the maintenance part, it can be done via open tender and surely far lower cost than those charged by current toll owners.
No such thing as any deal cannot be reviewed or abolished. Govt should not bow to such lopsided deal any longer. It is either BN wanna help rakyat or help toll owners.
Sinking Malaysia… Sooner or later I no longer can afford a bra. To show my protest, I am going bra-less from today.
One day if you change your mind, you can get bra from Sam Loo previous umw.junior sales man
Dude, to protest, no need to be just like those Farah Ann criticizers. Everything must revole around sex and women’s bodies?
Some more guys need to wear bra, “Nancy”?
Don’t worry, I still have my shirt on. They cannot criticize or catch me because I am not nude. Soon u will see men swimming event need to wear bra & the gymnast wearing sarong. Malaysia is really sinking.
go panty less also….
no need panties also…
Minyak naik, tol naik, barang naik. Tetek Rosemah je yg turun.
First announce want to increase toll. Then surely would announce kenaikan ditangguhkan kerana faham masalah rakyat. Then puji diri sendiri kerajaan prihatin.
Memang sah! Key mark betul!
Meanwhile PR is busy fighting each others.
Umno also. Retak tunggu belah.
Who need PR when we have Tun?
I don’t see the benefit of increasing toll rates to begin with, seeing how the services and traffic condition never really improve over the years.
When public transportation becomes second nature to people, toll rates should have been non existent already.
Can’t believe what the current BN govt says.
Last time promise car prices down, the prices went up higher than before.
GST. Govt says many items will become cheap for the sake of rakyat. Anything that show lowering of prices? No! Almost all items up their prices. Everything becoming expensive, even baby food.
BN govt and the cronies gang cakap tak serupa bikin….
Do this apply Profited Act ? Before n After GST 18months cant hike rate?
our government only knows how to count how much they paid or spent. they never count how much the rakyat has given to them.
with 6% GST, we’ve given the government more than enough until it is enough to feed those corruptions.
sigh toll increase..
GST = Gigit Sampai Tulang
GST = Gila Sampai Tahi.
‘rakyat already angry with current issues like 1mdb,gst,fuel price structure.how about we add a bit with toll price hike? we can give ‘sweets’ to the potential volks when GE is around d conner’ . said a minister.
‘Damn..we’re doomed..!~’said fu**ed up volk.
Please increase my than 30%, please keep naik come, then Rakyat can choose more wisely and understand how much BN had DAHULUKAN Rakyat.
Ok, since u wanna raise the toll, can we have a no motorbike toll roads?
Or please charge those bikers 50% of the toll fee if they wanna use toll roads..
Since the BN govt so desperate for money….I suggest they collect money from bikers as well.
BN, Ada berani?
Hmm May article says no plan to hike http://paultan.org/2015/05/07/llm-says-no-planned-toll-hike-in-august-refutes-report/
Less than a month say plan to hike. Jib ko and machai apa lu bikin kat opis? The only government in the world with otak udang. BN supporter please open your eyes big big and see your so call leader lead your country. Failed x100
All Malaysian, stand up and fight these blood suckers! Hapus Aedes, Hapus Denggi!!!
Later gov will say: Sebagai jasa untuk rakyat, kenaikan toll akan kami batalkan.
Then everyone be happy.
At the same time, millions RM penalty will be transferred directly to toll operator pocket.
Rakyat happy, cronies happy, gov happy, everyone happy. Why not?
Stop complaining. If it affects you, do something about it.
Why do you need to use toll roads? Because you want convenience? Don’t you think it is reasonable to pay a little extra for your convenience?
Average monthly toll usage is around RM100, now it becomes RM130. RM30 per month is too much for you?
If you’re spending more than RM100 per month on toll expenses then there are bigger issues to address – such as why are you spending that much? Why are you traveling that far? Why do you live in Puchong or Shah Alam and work in Kuala Lumpur? Isn’t that idiotic?
No accountability for your actions. Sendiri cari pasal pastu salahkan kerajaan.
The concern is never really 100% directly about the toll hike. On a macro level, the issue is more on the impending price increase of other essential goods and services just like how petrol affects them. So a 30% increase in toll may just be additional RM30 of toll expenditure a month, but when you factor in prices of other essential goods and services, it would easily balloon to more than a few hundred
concessionaires not aware of new toll hikes???
Or buat tak tau oni?? Buat buat bodoh oni ka?
They have learnt this trick from the the dungu minister that only announce price increase (petrol) the last minute….
Last minute announcement so that consumer cannot protest mar….
Just increase car insurance 100k Per year, road tac 100k per month… No ppl will complain or our nation will come best in the world :/
There is only 1 way, BN way or highway, both way Rakyat also no way to survive.
Aiseh…ini macam kalu, lari budget ni..tak jadi la aku nak ambik GLA 45 AMG or RS Q3…curse you Najib! Curse youuuuuu!
All the petrol subsidy peri mana??
Those are billions in savings annually… just how deep the hole is for 1mdb? ?
Collect new revenue in GST somemore,can’t the government foot the bill?
Even the MRT project is being finance by issuing new retail bonds…
Tell me, just where all the tax money go?
Road we pay, MRT we pay, petrol we pay, quality education we have to pay,
All we get is a Tun Razak Exchange own by 1mdb which has been an empty waste land
Thanks to our lousy government and the telur takde PM