Following the announcement made last week by Genting Malaysia that it will soon impose charges on vehicles entering Jalan Genting Highlands at a date to be announced, the Pahang government says that it hopes that these charges will take into account the interests and welfare of local residents.
The state’s public works, transport and health committee chairman Datuk Razali Kassim said special consideration should be given to parents taking their children to school and residents who travel through the area daily, as Bernama reports.
Earlier, Bentong MP Young Syefura Othman had indicated the same, saying that the company should consider providing special toll exemptions or discounts for local residents, employees, and families with children attending schools in Genting.
In its announcement, Genting Malaysia said the move to impose a private road charge was necessary due to the steep and escalating costs of maintaining the 24 km-long private road and its slopes, which it said has been borne solely by the company since the 1960s.
Heavy usage of Jalan Genting Highlands has resulted in a “tremendous amount of wear and tear”, and requires constant maintenance to ensure the safety of the road users, the company said.
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tarik casino license and only allow themepark, Genting will be badly affected.
Surely will sweat alot of car bloggers esp those who like to test drive cars using genting routes. The wear and tears are usually caused by natural weather and big trucks
This is like employees
supposed to serve the company,
nowadays, company needs to “kowtow”
to the employees and pay them salary
only few ringgit toll, no sweat .
The MP is from DAP. This road has been toll free for 50 years under BN stable rule now less than 5 years under PH ady want to charge tolls. Next what, this gomen will allow private companies to charge us the air we breathe?
since when genting is under PH or BN or PN. PH to charge toll ? read the fact 1st. Its private road and Genting’s solely right to build “charges” for the road. under state gov Pahang to approve the tol charges or not. Easy that if not afford to pay charges, no need to go Genting highland.
” the company should consider providing special toll exemptions or discounts for local residents, employees, and families with children attending schools in Genting.” – did any of the tolls around Klang valley provide such rebates or discounts ?
” the company should consider providing special toll exemptions or discounts for local residents, employees, and families with children attending schools in Genting.” – i am staying in KL, working in melaka, child go to school in perak. can NSE give me discount or rebate?
The Pahang Exco finally has voiced out..food for thought.
Better score some good points.
Nanti the Greenies come into power…what happens to the casino?
What good point? Why different treatment for Genting? If U hold such thought, what about all hiways with tolls? Those commute daily gets any till discount from says LEKAS, LDP, NKVE etc?
Klang valley a lot roads also need consider the needs of the workers.
good point. Klang Valley lots of toll roads everywhere, and they are roads NEEDED for people to goto work. why force tols? be fair
So those who are property presumably paying majlis cukai pintu whos using private access road into their premise have been misusing it for decades so what’s Majlis gonna do about it?