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| DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng tells those who oppose toll hikes to send a strong message in the upcoming by-elections |
Those opposed to toll rate hikes should send a strong
message to Barisan Nasional (BN) by voting for Pakatan Harapan’s candidates in
the Sungai Besar and Kuala Kangsar by-elections, DAP secretary-general Lim Guan
Eng said today.
Lim said he was disappointed by Works Minister Datuk Seri
Fadillah Yusof’s refusal state if eight highway concessionaires would exercise
their right to increase toll rates this year.
“The fact that BN can consider increasing toll rates of
eight highways this year and four more next year even before polling day for
the two by-elections on June 18, shows how BN will sacrifice the many at the
expense of the few cronies.
“If the people do not want toll hikes then they should send
a strong message by rejecting BN in the two by-elections," the Penang
chief minister said in a statement.
Last year, Fadillah said that eight highways — the
North-South Expressway, Second Link Expressway, ELITE Highway,
Butterworth-Kulim Expressway, Seremban-Port Dickson Highway, Kesas Highway,
LDP, and the North Klang Straits Bypass Expressway — would be entitled to
increase toll rates in 2016.
Besides that, four other highways — GCE (Guthrie Corridor
Expressway), LEKAS (Lebuhraya Kajang Seremban), SDE (Senai Desaru Expressway)
and EDL (Eastern Dispersal Link) — are entitled to do the same in 2017.
“Of the 12 highways with toll hikes increases, seven of them
are from Selangor, which is why the Sungai Besar voters can play an important
role in shaping the debate on unjustifiable and unfair toll hikes,” Lim argued.
The Malaysian Association of Highway Concession Companies
(PSKLM) said today there has been no final decision on a higher toll rate for
expressways in the country.
Its vice-president Sazally Said said negotiations between
the concession companies and the government were still ongoing.
Source -Malay Mail Online-
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