Lower toll rates on Besraya, Lekas expressways from Jan 1

KUALA LUMPUR: Toll rates on the Sungai Besi Expressway (Besraya) and the Kajang-Seremban Expressway (Lekas) will be reduced starting at 12.01am on Jan 1 (Sunday), as announced by Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi.

The Public Works Minister said the reduction in the toll rates was made after an agreement with IJM Corporation Berhad, the concession company of the two highways, in line with the decision of the Cabinet on Dec 21.

"It is also part of the reorganisation of the structure and toll rates for the two highways involved," he said in a statement here on Dec 31 (Saturday).

According to Nanta, the toll rate will be reduced by as much as RM0.15 for class 1 vehicles passing through the Loke Yew and Mines toll plazas (North and South) on the Besraya Expressway.

Meanwhile, the toll rate for class 1 vehicles for the Lekas Expressway is reduced from 0.1811sen/km to 0.1666 sen/km for the closed toll system while for the open toll system at the Ampangan Toll Plaza, the toll rate remains as it is.

Nanta said that with the reduction in toll rates, class 1 vehicles passing through any Besraya Expressway toll plaza will pay RM1.85 while motorists using the entire Lekas Expressway will pay RM7.80 each way.

The current toll rate is RM2 for class 1 vehicles passing through any Besraya Expressway toll plaza and RM8.30 for class 1 vehicles that use the entire Lekas Expressway.

"Through restructuring the structure and toll rates for these two highways, the government will be able to save an estimated RM1.978bil compensation allocation during the concession period, and the allocation can be channelled to meet other basic needs of Malaysians," he said. – Bernama