The Malaysian government has agreed with proposal for the restructuring of four highway concession companies under Projek Lintasan Kota Holdings (Prolintas) for the reduction in toll fares for the highways involved, said prime minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
The resulting reduction in highway toll fares will apply from October 20, 2022 for the Ampang-Kuala Lumpur Elevated Highway (AKLEH), Guthrie Corridor Expressway (GCE), Kemuning-Shah Alam Expressway (LKSA) and the SILK highway, while another round of toll fare reductions will apply from January 1, 2023 to the LEKAS and Besraya highways.
All improvement works have taken into account the toll rate restructuring, and additional concession agreements are being finalised, said the works ministry in its statement at the launch of the new Damansara-Shah Alam Elevated Expressway (DASH) today.
This latest restructuring will save the Malaysian government an estimated RM8.8 billion in compensation due to the highway concession companies involved, and highway users will stand to enjoy lower toll rates and thus be less burdened by costs, the prime minister said.
The improvements are comprised of the proposed widening of the Kuala Lumpur-Karak highway from the Gombak toll plaza to the Bentong toll plaza and the construction of a new tunnel in Genting Sempah for improving traffic flow as well as the building of flood barriers along Phase 1 of the East Coast Expressway (LPT1).
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So how much in monetary value is exactly the reduction? 5 cents? 50 cents? Just a plain statement with no facts and figures?
Keyword, restructure. Low fare, extend consession
There are no free lunches (that PH promised and did not give) but caring BN gomen gave cheaper lunches to reduce rakayt burden. That is all that matters.
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Tactics by bn to win ge but sorry not interested to exercise vote
No problem, the country no not need unpatriotic votes to spoil the nation as did GE14. We only need patriotic voters to come give big win for caring BN gomen.
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Prolintas, 50% owned by PNB, another 50% by ASB. So make sense since can invest up to RM300k today instead of RM200k before.
When central spine road snd ecrl is completed, kota baru will have two highways ( central spine road snd lpt and two railways ( jungle railway to gemas and ecrl) linking it to rest of the country. I hope they use it well.
So up front compensation plus lengthen the toll duration is hoe i see it as i was told prolintas belongs to umno.
Prolintas is under Madey crony so it is belongs to Pejuang/Muda/PH
Last time ph government gave us 18% reduction for nkve and nse. I hope this time around it would be 20% or more. If 30% toll reduction, sure I will vote for this government PN+BN. :)
Tired of top upping TnG card/ewallet. :(
18% is nothing. Patriots will not vote PH for breaking their promise to abolish tolls. We want 100% free not mere 18% reduce.
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