Announced by finance minister Lim Guan Eng at the tabling of Budget 2020 last October, the toll rate at the second Penang Bridge (Jambatan Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah) been reduced to RM7 effective January 1, Bernama reported. This will effectively match the RM7 toll rate at the first Penang Bridge.
“According to our statistics, in 2014, 3.4 million vehicles used JSAHMS, followed by 4.8 million vehicles in 2016 (6.1 million), 2017 (8.1 million), 2018 (9.8 million) and as of November this year, 9.5 million. We expect more vehicles to use the bridge next year (2020),” said board member of the second Penang Bridge concessionaire, Jambatan Kedua Sdn Bhd (JKSB) Datuk Seri Farizan Darus.
The second Penang Bridge has carried the passage of 32.6 million vehicles since its opening in 2014, recording an average annual increase of about 32%, Farizan said, adding that island-bound road users especially from the south will switch to the second Penang Bridge as it has never experienced any congestion since its opening.
A report from August 2018 stated that JKSB has been urged to consider offering toll discounts to attract more users as the Auditor General’s Report 2017 Series 1 on the Management of Government Companies and Federal Government Agencies found that despite satisfactory toll collection, the second Penang Bridge concessionaire’s overall financial position was still unstable.
An abolishment of all toll collection at both Penang bridges were promised by the Pakatan Harapan coalition ahead of the 14th General Election, and stated in its manifesto that it would remove toll collection in stages. The opposition-turned-government stated later, however that the abolition would cost RM400 billion.
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The problem is 2nd PG bridge does not give the discount to 1st PG bridge (PG-based TNG who register for TNG card at PG Bridge TNG office only pay RM 5.40 in toll to use 1st Bridge).
If the authorities don’t know about this, then they are more blur than i thought.
LGE made a promise to abolish penang bridge toll. Fast forward till today, why we the rakyat still need to pay toll?
#janjidicapati
They are all a bunch of fooking liars! Bare faced lied to us just to get our votes and now turning their backs on those promises they gave.
Govt bailed out LTH Rm10.3B & 1Mdb Rm55B.
Complain about bailout yet got money to buy themselves Velfire & Accord? Sure no money or just lying?
Pakatanrama: We were elected to lead, not to read.
As finance minister is the ex CM of Penang and got good support and results from GE14, Penang got many benefits in budget 2020..
Other states suppose to get equivalent or fair distributions too.. Check it out budget 2020 by states and percentage..
Well when he is losing support everywhere else in Malaysia, he needs to keep his own voting constituents happy or else he got nowhere else to get voted again.
Where’s muh equality???
He was referring to equality for his clan. The natives must be slaves to his clan. No equality for them as slaves have no rights.