Ensuring a smooth drive

AS Putrajaya continues spending hundreds of millions of ringgit annually to keep toll rates unchanged, questions are growing over whether Amanat Lebuhraya Rakyat Bhd’s (ALR) “no-profit” highway model can be replicated to other mature toll concessions across Malaysia.

The government is expected to bear over RM500mil this year to maintain toll rates on 10 major highways, in addition to roughly RM80mil annually paid to 33 highway concession companies for festive season toll discounts.