All highways are built and operated by the North South Expressway Project Berhad (PLUS) Malaysia Bhd entitled to raise toll rates by five per cent from 2016.
Deputy Works Minister Datuk Rosnah Shirlin in a written statement in the House of Representatives also informed the company also reserves the right to review the toll rates every three years until his contract expires in 2038.
"According to the concession agreement signed additional PLUS in November 2011, the government and PLUS Expressway Berhad (PEB) agreed to decide There is no increase in toll rates on all highways under their temph Plus for five years from 2011 to 2015," she said.
"The rise will come is 206 (except where the Penang Bridge toll rate remained until December 31, 2038.
"This latest agreement also sets toll rates kemaikan 5 per cent for each of three years from 2016 until expiry of the concession at 31 December 2038," he said.
Highways under Plus is the New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE), Federal Highway Route 2 (FHR2), Seremban, Port Dickson, North-South Expressway Central Link (NSECL), Malaysia-Singapore Second Link (MSSL) and Butterworth-Kulim Expressway (BKE).
Last week, the Minister of Works, Datuk Seri Fadillah acknowledge that the government has to pay RM214 million to PLUS as compensation if denied toll on the highway.
The government has no intention, for now, to extend the concession North South Expressway (NSE), which expires in 2038, Rosnah told the House of Commons during question time.
"At present, the government does not intend to extend the concession period," he said when replying to Ahmad Fauzi Zahari (BN-Setiawangsa), who asked about the toll highway.
Ahmad Fauzi asked the government to disclose details of the increase in toll rates so people can make preparations.
Meanwhile, Rosnah also said PLUS only make a profit after tax of RM8.4 million from toll collection RM2.61 billion last year.
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