Toll Highway 11 Ride Home After 5 Years

KUALA LUMPUR - A total of 11 highway concessionaires in the Klang Valley today announced the hike of between 10 cents and RM6 into operation on Thursday.

The toll rates for the new Kuala Lumpur-Karak Highway (KLK), Highway Maju Expressway (MEX), Kajang-SILK Highway, Duta-Ulu Kelang Expressway (DUKE), and the Stormwater Management and Road Tunnel (SMART).

Also announced the hike is the KL-Kuala Selangor (HISTORY), Sungai Besi (BESRAYA), and the New Pantai Expressway (NPE), Kajang Seremban Highway (LEKAS), Damansara-Puchong Highway (LDP), and Traffic Dispersal System KL Barat (SPRINT), so at 9 tonight.

However, PLUS Malaysia Berhad in the statement that the toll highways in all eight of its operations will remain at this point.

ANIH Berhad spokesman said the new toll rates KLK Gombak toll plaza is RM6 (first class), RM12 (second class), RM18 (third grade), RM3 (fourth grade), while class five permanent RM5.

"For Bentong Toll Plaza, the class of RM3.50, RM7 class two, class three RM10.50, RM1.80 fourth grade, and fifth grade continued to RM3," he said when contacted by Bernama here, today.

Class one is for cars, trucks second-class for less than one tonne, grade three large trucks and trailers, grade four and grade five drivers for the bus.

Meanwhile, the Highway MEX, Maju Expressway Sdn. Bhd. in a statement said the new toll rates for Salak Selatan toll plaza is RM2 (first class), RM4 (second class), RM6 (third grade), RM1 (fourth grade) and RM1.50 (fifth grade).

The new rates for toll plaza Putrajaya is RM3.50 (class one), RM7 (second class), RM10.50 (third grade), RM1.80 (fourth grade) and RM2.50 (fifth grade).

In the meantime, SILK Holdings Berhad said the new toll rates for Highway Kajang-Silk is RM1.80 (class one), RM3.60 (class two), RM5.40 (grade three) and 90 cents (grade four) and RM1 ( fifth grade).

For DUKE, North-East Consortium (KL) Sdn. Bhd. announced new toll rates for Plaza Tol Ayer Panas, Sentul Pasar Toll Plaza Toll Plaza and Sungai Batu is RM2.50 for first-class RM3.80 (class two), RM5 (third grade), RM1.30 (fourth grade) and remains RM1.30 for fifth grade.

Meanwhile, the Stormwater Management and Road Tunnel Sdn. Bhd. also announced new toll rates for Highway Tunnel SMART is RM3.

For HISTORY, the KL-Kuala Selangor Expressway Berhad announced new toll rates for highways involves Toll Plaza Marlow, Toll Plaza East Kuang, Kuang West Toll Plaza Toll Plaza Templer of RM2.50 for the first class, RM5 (second class) , RM7 (third grade), RM1.30 (fourth grade), and fifth grade was unchanged at RM2.

At the same time, BESRAYA (M) Sdn. Bhd. also announced the rate structure toll at Mines (North and South) of RM2 for the first class, RM4 (second class), RM4 (third grade), and RM2 (fourth grade), and fifth grade was unchanged at RM1.30.

For NPE, the New Pantai Expressway Sdn. Bhd. In a statement announcing the new toll rates for Toll Plaza Toll Plaza Pantai Dalam and PJS5 for first class is RM2.30, RM4.60 (class two), RM6.90 (class three), RM1.20 (fourth grade) and grade five permanent at RM1.60.

For PJS2 toll plaza, the new toll rate for first-class remained at RM1, while the second class (RM4.60), third class (RM6.90), grade four (RM1.20) and fifth grade remained at RM1.60, the statement it.

Meanwhile another concessionaire Kajang Seremban (LEKAS) Sdn. Bhd. also announced structural adjustment in the toll highway between 10 sen and RM2.

The new rate would involve a closed toll collection system for users who use the toll plaza south Kajang, Semenyih toll plaza, toll plaza Pajam, Gort toll plaza, toll plaza and toll plaza Hoboken Sentul using an open toll system.

There is no increase in toll rates for PLUS-operated highways eight.

PLUS is operated highways North-South Expressway (PLUS), the New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE), Federal Highway Route 2 (FHR2), Seremban-Port Dickson Highway (PDH), North-South Expressway Central Link (ELITE), Second Crossing Malaysia-Singapore (Linkedua), Butterworth-Kulim Expressway (BKE) and Penang Bridge, according to a press PLUS.

Meanwhile, the LDP, linkaran Trans Kota Sdn. Bhd. (Together) also announced an increase in toll rates for all classes of vehicles, except the fifth grade special for buses.

The structure of the new toll rate in the BDS include RM2.10 for first class, RM4.20 (class two), RM6.30 (third grade) and RM1.10 (grade four) while class five remained at RM1.60, the statement together with.

At the same time, SPRINT, in a statement also said the increase in toll rates for the four classes of vehicles passing through the toll plaza Damansara Toll Plaza Beach, and Toll Plaza Bukit Kiara.

The new toll rate at Toll Plaza Damansara is RM2 for the first class, second class (RM4), third class (RM6) and class four (RM1), and fifth grade remained at RM1; and the Toll Plaza Beach class vehicles are charged RM2.50, RM 7 to grade two, RM10.50 and RM1.80 for three classes of fourth grade and fifth grade for the price.

For Toll Plaza Bukit Kiara, the new toll rates for first class is RM3, RM6 (second class), RM9 (third grade), RM1.50 (fourth grade) and remained at RM2 for the fifth grade, the statement said.

The last toll was raised on March 1, 2009, involving North-South Expressway (PLUS), SPRINT, Ampang-Kuala Lumpur Elevated Highway (Elevated), BESRAYA and NPE while no increase in other motorway concession companies since 2008.