The Malaysian Highway Authority (LLM) has said there are no plans to raise the toll rates, and has refuted a report by a website that says that 19 highway concessionaires are set to raise their toll rates by 50 to 100% in August.
The government has not made any decision on raising the toll rate, according to LLM director-general Datuk Ismail Md Salleh.
"No such directive has been issued to concession companies on the matter. As such, any statement or report on toll rate increase is not true," he said in a statement. He added that for now, the toll rated for all highways would remain at the current rate.
Last November, it was first reported that the toll rates for 20 highways were not planned to be increased this year, but the government was expected to pay RM558.69 million in compensation to highway concessionaires as a result. Then, in a follow-up report, Works minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof said that no decision had been made on whether or not toll rates will be increased in 2015.
Other reports also indicated that in concession agreements for 2015 as many as 20 highways are eligible to receive an increase in toll rates between 50 sen and RM2.
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