Toll prices will not go up despite increase scheduled for 10 highways this year – gov’t footing RM500mil bill

Aside from more details about the forthcoming RON95 targeted subsidies set to be announced at the end of September, prime minister Anwar Ibrahim also confirmed during his special “rakyat appreciation” address that toll rates will not go up this year – despite an increase previously being on the cards for ten highways.

To maintain toll rates at the current levels, the government had to foot an over RM500 million bill to subsidise the highways, which include the Senai-Desaru Expressway (SDE), East Coast Expressway 2 (LPT2), South Klang Valley Expressway (SKVE), Butterworth Outer Ring Road (BORR) dan Maju Expressway (MEX).

The government previously managed to stave off a toll rate hike back in 2022, when it took over the Gamuda group’s four highways to save RM4.3 billion in subsidies and prevent an increase; it later locked in the current toll rates of those highways for the next ten years. In 2023, it was reported that Malaysia was considering extending highway concession terms to 30 years to keep rates as they were, although nothing has been announced as yet.

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