Toll charges on the Shah Alam (Kesas) Highway will be reduced by between 10 sen and 40 sen for the different categories of vehicles from tomorrow, Works Minister Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor announced Monday.
For Class One vehicles (with two axles and three or four wheels, excluding taxis), the new toll charge will be RM2, down by 20 sen from RM2.20.
For Class Two vehicles (with two axles and six wheels, excluding buses), the new toll charge will be RM3, down by 30 sen from RM3.30.
For Class Three vehicles (with three or more axles), the new toll charge will be RM4, down by 40 sen from RM4.40.
For Class Four vehicles (taxis), the new toll charge will be RM1, down by 10 sen from RM1.10 and for Class Five vehicles (buses), the new toll charge will be RM1.50, down by 20 sen from RM1.70.
Toll is charged at three points along the 34.5-km Kesas Highway, which stretches from the Sri Petaling interchange in Kuala Lumpur to the Pandamaran interchange in Klang.
These are at the Awan Besar East (Kuala Lumpur-bound) and Awan Besar West (Subang Jaya/Klang-bound), Sunway and Kemuning toll plazas.
Shaziman said 298,000 daily users of the highway stood to benefit from the reduced toll charges.
"The toll charges will not be raised until 2016," he told reporters after a visit to see construction of an elevated U-turn at Km37.5 of the Kesas Highway, here.
Shaziman said the reduction in the toll charges was part of the restructuring of the toll rates on the highway managed by Kesas Sdn Bhd.
Shaziman said the reduction in the toll charges would have a positive impact on people living in the Shah Alam, Petaling Jaya, Subang Jaya, Klang and surrounding areas.
He said the toll charges on the Kesas Highway were to have been raised to RM3 (for Class One vehicles) but Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak decided against it because it would place a financial burden on the people.
"The waiving of the proposed increase (to RM3) resulted in the government having to fork out RM86 million to the highway concessionaire, at 80 sen per vehicle, in 2012," he said.
Shaziman said that since Najib took over as the prime minister, the toll charges on several highways had been restructured, for example the North-South Expressway and the Cheras-Kajang Expressway, also known as the Grand Saga Expressway, while toll was removed altogether on the Metramac East-West Link Highway.
"The government will continue to negotiate and convince highway concessionaires to restructure their toll charges, but only after a survey has been done to determine the increase in traffic on any highway," he said.
Shaziman also asked Kesas to speed up the construction of the elevated U-turn and have it ready ahead of the scheduled completion date of March 2014.
"We are asking for the project to be expedited because we do not want road users to be inconvenienced by traffic congestion (in the USJ Summit area)," he said.
Bernama
Mon Jan 14 2013
Ippo Hafiz gagal hadirkan diri kes tuntutan cerai, hak jagaan anak
-Saya dah failkan kes ini pada Februari, harapnya dia datang lah bagi sebutan kes minggu hadapan supaya boleh selesaikan dengan cara yang baik.
Singapura sedia mengalu-alukan PM baharu pada Rabu
Lawrence Wong, 51, akan menggantikan Lee Hsien Loong, 72, yang telah berkhidmat sebagai perdana menteri sejak tahun 2004.
MBPP, MBSP diarah periksa pokok tua
Arahan juga dikeluarkan untuk kedua-dua pihak berkuasa tempatan (PBT) itu menjalankan pemeriksaan pokok secara berkala.
Agong terima menghadap Panglima Tentera Udara, Laut
Sultan Ibrahim turut berkenan mengajukan pelbagai soalan serta pandangan mengenai perkara-perkara berkaitan TUDM dan TLDM.
Akaun Fleksibel: Memahami impak, jangkaan selepas pengeluaran
Pengenalan akaun 3 oleh Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja (KWSP) menawarkan kelonggaran kepada pencarum untuk mengeluarkan sebahagian daripada tabungan dalam kadar tertentu bagi tujuan perbelanjaan kecemasan atau saat-saat diperlukan.
Laluan peringkat ke-4 LTdL 2024 diubah
Perubahan laluan itu diputuskan apabila penganjur melengkapkan tinjauan laluan baharu setelah mengambil kira faktor-faktor keselamatan.
Suara Rakyat: Akaun Fleksibel tampung keperluan hidup
Pencarum Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja (KWSP) di Pulau Pinang memilih untuk melakukan pemindahan wang daripada Akaun Sejahtera ke Akaun Fleksibel akibat kos sara hidup yang tinggi.
1MDB: Mahkamah Persekutuan tolak permohonan Apandi dalam kes saman Kit Siang
Mahkamah Persekutuan menolak permohonan Apandi untuk mendapatkan kebenaran meneruskan rayuannya terhadap penolakan Mahkamah Rayuan berkenaan tuntutan RM10 juta yang difailkannya terhadap Kit Siang.
Faisal Halim teringin makan nasi kandar
KEADAAN pemain Selangor FC, Faisal Halim semakin bertambah positif termasuk sudah teringin untuk menikmati nasi kandar.
Tiada laporan individu cedera langgar benang di SUKE - Polis
Ketua Polis Daerah Ampang Jaya, Asisten Komisioner Mohd Azam Ismail berkata, pihaknya terkesan satu paparan berkaitan insiden itu yang tular di laman sosial pada Isnin.