Here are some updates for those who are travelling during Deepavali, which falls on November 10. A 10% discount on toll fares will be given on the Sungai Besi Highway (Besraya), New Pantai Expressway (NPE) and the Kajang-Seremban Highway (Lekas) from 12.01 am next Tuesday to midnight.
The IJM Toll Division advised south-bound motorists to use the Lekas and east-bound motorists to use Besraya’s new Eastern Extension from Salak Selatan or Jalan Istana to MRR2 through the Loke Yew toll plaza. Also continuing tradition and providing a 10% discount is the Maju Expressway (MEX), from 12 am until 11.59 pm.
The bigger news is from PLUS, which is offering a 20% discount for those paying toll electronically (PLUSMiles, Touch n Go, SmartTAG) on the North-South Expressway (NSE), Butterworth-Kulim Expressway (BKE), North-South Expressway Central Link (Elite) and the Malaysia-Singapore Second Link. No rebates at Tanjung Kupang, Bukit Kayu Hitam, Bangunan Sultan Iskandar and Penang Bridge toll plazas.
Motorists have to pay the full amount on November 10, and the 20% toll rebate can be redeemed when one reloads his/her electronic card at all PLUS customer service centres between December 15, 2015 and March 14, 2016.
PLUS has also released a travel time advisory (TTA) schedule for the November 6-15 period that it hopes motorists will follow. “The TTA plays a crucial role in helping the public to plan their journey whereby PLUS expects the traffic on the NSE will increase by 8% to 1.4 million vehicles daily on peak days during Deepavali as compared to 1.3 million vehicles on normal days,” said COO Mohammad Fuad Khusairi.
TTA is a staggered travelling schedule for various destinations along the NSE. It is part of PLUS’ strategy to distribute traffic and reduce traffic congestion on the mainline, rest areas and toll plazas. The system works on car registration numbers, and you can find out how it works in the graphic above.
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Hiked 100% and discount 20% sure is right way to do business
who travels on the celebration day itself?
if you really want to offer discounts, start from a few days before and end a few days after the celebration day.. else it is just a gimmick
Thank you Barisan Nasional for giving me BR1M. After paying the toll & petrol, I still can use the balance to pay downpayment for my lamborghini. Got discount some more for toll. What do the rakyat want more? Thank you najib.
Give discount do it more sincerely, reload then discount later ‘machine rosak’ then how??? Another cronies idiot make fools of Rakyat… Rakyat please wakeup the Government keep lying !!!
Why only give 20%? You should give free. After all the toll concessionaires have been cheating the public left right and centre.
In Malaysia, to make 1KM of highway, it cost over RM100 million. And that does not even include house or land acquisition.
Shockingly, over MR100 million per KM despite using super cheap Bangladeshi labour used. Even in first world European countries, per KM of highway hardly cost a few hundreds thousand dollars.
The toll concessionaires, most of whom are UMNO big boys and cronies, lie to the Government that it cost over RM100 million to build 1KM of highway and our crony friendly Government, happily pays these toll concessionaires the cost and give them long 40 to 50 years contracts to collect tolls with the option of increasing every few years.
In the first place, the highway is expensive because the crony UMNO company has overcharged!
So, it is unfair to pass this burden to Malaysians just because a few UMNO cronies can jolly and enjoy life
Use toll free alternatives. Wake up.
I thought PLUS was going to say–
“Only Indian are entitled to the toll discount. Other races pay full at Toll. Selamat Hari Deepavali”