The Malaysian government is optimistic about the chances of toll-free highways materialising in the country, said deputy works minister Datuk Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin. This, however, will take time, she said in a Bernama report.
Stretches of highway considered include the Pan Borneo Expressway in Sabah and Sarawak as well as the Central Spine Road (CSR) which traverses Pahang towards Kelantan.
A review of toll rates and structures is in the works, led by initiatives such as the postponement of toll rate increases which has been put in place several times, she said. The idea is to subsequently have several tolls abolished.
This was in response to a question by a member of parliament regarding the abolition of tolls, who said it is not impossible since four tolls, namely in Batu Tiga and Sungai Rasau, Selangor; Bukit Kayu Hitam, Kedah; and the Eastern Dispersal Link, Johor, had already been abolished.
“The government has also made some improvements to the terms of the concession agreements to ensure the needs of the people are met, the interests of the government are preserved, and at the same time being fair to the concessionaires, as opposed to the terms of agreements under the previous leadership,” Rosnah added.
The government had also inserted an ‘exit clause’ where, if concessionaires had achieved their Internal Rate of Return, the concession agreement could be terminated earlier, said Rosnah. As of December 31, 2017 there were 31 tolled highways in the country, and the annual operating and maintenance cost for a highway (for 2016) was between RM6.82 million and RM1.5 billion, she stated.
lanjiao ah Pan Borneo is Expressway… speed limit less than 110km/h is not expressway, and it is not even highway, is connect those kampung road and still got traffic light shit.
Yes, rakyat need toll free, car import tax 30% & car excise duty 105% immediate reduce start this year. GST 6% can remain unchanged.
30% & 105% is too much, more than “buy 1 free 1” sohai betul policy since drM. Najib pls correct drM wrong done.
Public transports alredi very convenient across Sem Msia. Tolls need to remain.
Malaysia does not need tolls if corruption is abolished. Per year, corruption alone is tens of billions of ringgit.
Clean up the country, you don’t need tolls. Malaysia is a very very rich country. It is far richer than Singapore. We have abundance of natural resources….tin, gold, silver, rubber, copper, bauxite, palm oil, oil and gas and hundreds of other natural resources.
We are infact super rich. But because of corruption, just a handful get all the riches of the country. The majority, 90% of the rakyat, suffer.
Abolish corruption, and you will see, there is ZERO need for tolls
Sadly true, however many still unknowingly.
Sadly, you’re wrong. Controlled-access expressways in Malaysia do need tolls to fund their construction & operation. Why…? Because compared to any other road type, controlled-access expressways have the most expensive specific cost per km, as is requires the highest level of highway engineering. They require slopes as gentle as possible, corner radii as big as possible, operating speeds as high as possible, conflict points as less as possible, & zero direct access to properties, accessible only via a limited number of grade-separated interchanges linked to federal, state or arterial roads. Which means, they require a massive amount of machinery, terrain treatment & structural construction.
To build & operate an expressway for a set concession period, the operator has to borrow a huge amount of money, not only for construction but also as a starting capital to operate the expressway. That’s the chief reason for them to collect toll, to enable them to pay the bank loan. If the operator fails to pay the loan & the bank brings the matter to the court, the court may execute an order to confiscate the expressway, just like how banks may confiscate our cars if the loan is unpaid for 3 months. In the end, we will definitely suffer not only because we don’t have the chance to get free toll, but also because all entry & exit to the expressway is sealed.
Other than the loan, the toll is required for maintenance, utility bills & staff salary, which all of them increases every year depending on the inflation rate.
Yes, and all the children can have until tertiary education FREE if no/low corruption… But sadly, nobody believes it. All kampung-minded used to the corrupted-system.
In MY, anything free will not be appreciated and will be abused. Kampung-minded saw this and knows they shud work for it. Kampung-minded smarter than city-minded.
You… I like you
U do realise PBH is still UNDER CONSTRUCTION, right? How much can u speed?
90 km/h at most, no higher than that.
lanjiao, Pan Borneo Highway is still under construction la. From which Earth do you come from?
Yes toll-free highways are possible. Vote wisely!
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Possible in your dream, or in your next life?
Sel & Png shud emulate Federal gov to build toll free hiways too.
can i choose to pay my GST and income tax to state gov instead of federal ?
How are they supposed to do that with the way power is distributed between Federal and State governments? Or are you just going to continue to peddle fake news?
Betul Tol Lebuhraya Utara Selatan (North-South Highway) memang sebenarnya tamat bulan Mei 2018.
PRU gula gula,all this while blast opposition and die die saying this is totally unfeasible,unrealistic but now you were saying opposition is true?no…..your time is over
Before election: everything is possible. After election: we need to conduct studies before implementing anything, so wait a few years for the studies to be completed and no promises ok.
Okaylar. At least study boleh siap. Tunnel study bila mau complete?
true dat.
Yeah its the suggestion of toll free highway is only possible when GE14 is here. When asked when is possible, they answer possible in 30-50 years time.
Yeah I’m sure it is just like the promise to reduce 30% car prices back in 2013. Trying to believe Laaaaaa…..
Some cars prices have already reduce, e.g Picanto. But anyhow, Manifesto is not a promise, remember the promise to abolish Sungai Nyior toll plaza in Penang?
“This, however, will take time”
Hmm, where have I heard this before
Rather have toll roads than free roads full of potholes.
Rather they continue toll the roads and shove all that money for more public transports instead.
Rather they shut-up & do it without saying something they cannot keep.
They should implement toll at the front door of your house since you like it so much.Then you will be having a great time paying toll everyday, few time a day to sponsor their private transports.
If i use it everyday, i dun mind paying and neither shud u. Nothing is free in this world bub. And in MY, anything free will not be appreciated and will be abused. So yes, keep the tolls and shove all that money into public transports.
U can put a toll booth right in front of my gate, but how ur gonna charge me when i walk out to the nearest MRT station?
And if the nearest MRT station is more than 5km away/not accessible by a feeder bus then what are you going to do? Wake up at 4.30am to get to work at 8am ah? You talk like all of Malaysia revolves around KL.
Why not have both? Toll road and pothole roads.
election year my friends!!
anything is possible before you cast your votes..
Ah… I see you also a man of culture… Good.. Can see the clear picture..
Possible but not workable
Eh, so suddenly.
no need to abolished toll we all know it needs the finance to cover maintenance and other cost, the toll price should be structured to a lowest possible price for the people.
If only our ringgit is stronger and we have more buying power, yes, we can bring down not only toll cost even our cost of living.
So what will happen to SUKE, EKVE, DASH..
Toll will increase after GE.
Itu kena tanya jemin.
Please don’t implement toll free policy, this will create even more cars on the road which means we need more highways to be built. If toll free means government has to pay on it and end up GST rate increase, income and corporate tax rate increase, less subsidies to necessary people, cut other welfare etc to balance the income and expenditure.
I start leaving my house to office at 630am in KL and office is only 15km away, it took me 1 hour to arrive and yet my office hour start at 830am. If toll free encourage more vehicles mean I gonna start leaving house at 6am or earlier, I may then need 1 and half hour to arrive office.
Agree…must have toll roads to control the jam…naik harga toll lagi bagus
No chance, don’t dream. One toll down, 10 new toll up. This is what happen in Kuala lumpur and selangor.
Barang naik, harga naik. Pernah turun?
We don’t mind to pay toll, if all motorcycle can be remove from expressway. We don’t want to see kapcai speeding at 140 on the fast lane in between car. Go to NKVE, you will find those. Go to Federal highway, they won’t use motorlane,
We don’t mind to pay anything extra provided the government give us 1st class service and facilities.
We don’t mind to vote for anyone provided the basic life, cost of living and income matching.
We don’t mind to pay if crime, foreign worker can be reduce
So we want to pay now, what say you? can you fulfill all the promises?
In fact there are many people do not need to drive to work. Due to lousy public transportation connectivity and low public awareness on how convenient by using public transport people tend to own a car and drive to their desire destination. One factor of high bankruptcy rate is because of car hire purchase. There are many people drive to work and park their vehicle from 9am-6pm, hundred thousands of vehicles are actually under utilized its value and vehicle is depreciating asset if we don’t fully utilize it mean we make loss of it. Please no toll free policy.
Manyak familiar punya promise. But today not just tolls did increased, in fact more and more highway with tolls being introduced. Lu bagi I tau siapa mau vote.
Notice how these cheap politicians always use the word ” possible” trying to entice us? Puik..!
toll-free highway is only possible after 200 years later.
Anothet fake news la…the best so far this year…trump pun kalah wei!
Dont talk so much la government…the more u talk..we know more tolls u will add
Of course it is possible. The Gomen just pay off the concessionaires with taxpayers’ money. Contracts must be honoured, no? Guess who are the taxpayers?
First they dig a hole for the people and now they pretend to help the people out of the hole. So good of them.
…and the taxpayers’ money include those from Sabah, Sarawak, Kelantan & Perlis who never taste the controlled-access expressways in their own states.
before election – toll free highway are possible
after election – we need toll to cover operation,maintenance cost
again rakyat kena game…lol
Toll free highway already exist. Toll free meaning Plus get free toll booth from gov to collect toll.
Pan Borneo Highway is NOT a controlled-access expressway like PLUS. It is just a limited-access divided highway, a tier lower in the road type hierarchy.
Get rid of our politicians and we can be like germany. Autobahn free, education free, healthcare free.
To Sputjam: Germany do not have politicians, or should I say, no political leaders ?. The germans is one of the most hard working and productive people in the world. They have big names in automobile, transport, chemicals, engineering etc etc etc. Their GDP is one of the highest in EU. Pls do not compare to Monaco. They also pay high tax to enable the free autobahn, free education and health care which you mention. The moneis for these definiately are not given to them from Arabs!!. They badly lost the WWll and take them 20+ years of hard work and thrift to get back onto their feet. Same for the Japanese. My question is are you more like the germans or japanese or the typical Malaysian?.