Could There Be Another Toll Hike In 2016?

According to Works Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof, the toll hike is overdue as it was supposed to be done last January.

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The government may have to increase the toll rates later this year or risk paying RM1 billion to toll concessionaires as compensation

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According to Works Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof, the highway operator could have raised the toll rate last January, but the matter is still under discussion

Works Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof

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If you remember the government's promise to reduce toll rates, the current negotiation was also made with that in mind, according to Works Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof

Part of the BN manifesto for GE13.

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Last year, toll hikes were met with public outrage as Malaysians struggled with the rising cost of living and the falling ringgit:

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