PLUS Malaysia Bhd collected an average of RM378,486 at the Batu Tiga and Sungai Rasau toll plazas daily, as The Star understands. Of the total figure mentioned, RM228,650 stems from the Batu Tiga toll plaza while the remaining RM149,836, from Sungai Rasau, said deputy works minister, Datuk Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin, to the Dewan Rakyat.
This was in response to a question posed by Khalid Abdul Samad (PAS-Shah Alam) on the breakdown of revenue collected at the aforementioned plazas. “This is a daily collection. In fact, the Batu Tiga toll rate has been restructured several times. It is aimed at ensuring lower toll rates,” said Rosnah.
The amount collected was used to maintain the 823-kilometre network of tarmac under the concessionaire. “Not all are making a lot of money and must be seen in a larger picture,” she added. Rosnah also commented that motorists were paying RM1.10 instead of RM2.40 at the Batu Tiga plaza.
“The government is concerned over the rising cost of living and has restructured toll fees over the years – in 1999, 2002 and 2011. Based on the 2011 restructuring agreement , all agreements with PLUS Malaysia Bhd have been standardised until 31 Dec 2038,” she added.
A total of 155,662 vehicles pass through the Batu Tiga plaza on a daily basis, with the Sungai Rasau plaza chalking up a figure of 110,978 vehicles. All in all, up to 266,640 vehicles are recorded to pass through both the aforementioned plazas.
Looking to sell your car? Sell it with Carro.
And it is still NOT ENOUGH for the greedy ones…… Siapa didahulukan ?
This Minister are the only “real man” that not sided with the cronies “pondan” !!!
The cronies won’t fall before the government fall.
The government won’t fall before Malaysians. How pathetic it is.
The key issue is: you have paid the money, do you enjoy better road quality?
Malaysia is the ONLY country in the world that builds highways that cost over RM100 million per KM. This is despite cheap foreign labour. This RM100 million is WITHOUT land or house acquisitions.
Even in Europe, with the highest labour cost, each KM is hardly a few million in cost.
Then the toll operators perah our money 2nd round once the toll operates.
Hello PLUS, give me 10 Bangladeshis and some tar, I can make 1 KM for RM100k lah
Obviously you are another Sam standard guy. You lie like him.
Probably 100 Mil/km might be too much but what is your basis and source of your calculations?
malaysians deserve the goverment they have now…
not happy ? go do something about it…
Wahai Orang Orang Kampung. Sedarlah. This is just 2 toll booth. What about the other toll booths? They collect berpuluh puluh millions per day and YET, they want to increase toll again.
Majority are the Bumi in this country who will suffer with higher toll rates. Wahai orang orang kampong, bangsa anda sendiri yang buat kehidupan anda lagi susah.
Maintain highway memang mahal tapi mahal di overseas. Di Malaysia, maintain highway banyak murah kerana 99% workforce yang maintain highway adalah Bangladeshi. Gaji tak sampai beberapa ratus.
Compared to what they get per day just from 2 toll booths, Toll operators are making billions untung.
UMNO, still want to increase toll and make your own bangsa susah?
GST already Gomen collected RM6 billion in GST alone. Projected to collect at least RM50 billion. Duit PETRONAS pun dekat 60 to 100 billion.
Yang atas duit GST, Duit LHDN keseluruhan sudah beratus billion.
Duit pergi mana BN?
Org kampong did not pay for toll.. So why should they care? Their Road is much better than ours the city dwellers..
that’s why they simply raise tol and get the money from cronies to the corrupted one….
Just wow, they say it like they’re doing us a charity by collecting toll at a lower rate.
wtf!!! one month can collect RM11.4mil…
Plus highway is a business….. you can’t possibly raise toll rates to cross subsidize other segments of the highway that is not making money. Just like a franchise chain, you can’t possibly raise price at one store to subsidize others so that in the end you make money. Toll rates must be localised…. that is the money sufficient to maintain the segment that road users are using only and make a little profit thereafter….. so please don’t give us the “big picture” story…..
But how they going to support segment that less used? They are not like franchise chain where they can just close it…
go ask government for compensation. that how we do business in malaysia if untung makan sorang2 if rugi ask government for compensation (in the end but still untung). syok ooo make business with malaysian government..
B.N. will not be able to take back Selangor as long as toll roads are all over Klang Valley.
government concern?…government is concern that its own coffers are going empty because everyone is putting their hands….well, someone is putting his hands and taking a lot of cookies out!
“Not all are making a lot of money and must be seen in a larger picture,”
I find this statement rather shameless(if she really said it this way).
The reality is None are losing money. However the people still has to pay to tolls concessionaire via the government subsidy to them. This is a form of guaranteed profits.
Imagine one day everyone just stop paying toll, since its already paid for.
The amount collected was used to maintain the 823-kilometre network of tarmac under the concessionaire. “Not all are making a lot of money and must be seen in a larger picture,”
that mean now i’m paying the high toll rate but all not for the maintenance of the road i use..
Times 365 days and you’ll get RM138,147,390. Wonder if maintenance cause that much to upkeep the highways? Any road engineers able to comment how much it cost to maintain a km of highway roads a year?
U haven’t include to maintain the top management with big paycheq n bonus.
This is not a new road. It was built more than 50 years ago. The toll operator has been given a money making machine. This is one of those tolled roads where we have to pay to get caught in long queues.
We have been really screwed!
A quick check online if im not mistaken, federal highway became a tolled highway in 1993 after PLUS took over and turned it into a 6 lane highway from the previous 4.
Speaking about PLUS as a company.Assuming they earn RM138,147,390 a year for this stretch, minus building costs, interests and operating cost, i think it is a very small profit for a company of its size.
At RM2.15 per km to maintain does seems like a good bargain. But often the roads becomes really bad before maintenance comes in. Worst of is on the fast lane.
Because ramai orang bodoh.orang cerdik kena bayar tol dan barang keperluan yg mahal. Otak cowdung
Woot that’s a lot and not to say PLUS has been upgrading the highway all the time. The northern and southern areas still lack of proper 3 lane roads especially the road to Perlis…gosh its still using concrete! They’re just fattening up their bellies!
OH dear, there goes the Malaysian economy crisis. We the rakyat become poorer day by day and the cronies become richer day by day. Why? Corruption. They desire the goddamn money for their bloody PERSONAL usage. The BN supporters shall now regret their votes. Good job, vote BN next time and definitely quickly migrate somewhere else.
there will definitely be another extension for PLUS… after all cronies have a share in this company.
i guess, it’d be more profitable to rob the toll than to pull a heist on the bank. its because, they make more profit than a branch of a bank could on a single day.
Wait, there’s maintenance on the tarmac found along the PLUS highway ? O_O, the uneven roads must be part of the design then O_O
Like most people in Klang Valley, I travelled everyday on NKVE and once in a while will go outstation to states up north. My concern is, why PLUS resurfaced almost all part on this stretch with tar replacing concrete that obviously harder and requires much less maintenance.
Previous works minister (shaziman) was once said, 80% of new highways will be constructed using concrete. Maybe this statement was the reason he held the post for only a single term?