50% highway toll discount for motorists in Malaysia to celebrate Christmas

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The discount is expected to help ease costs for Malaysians planning to return to their hometowns or to go on holiday with their families during the school holiday season.

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PETALING JAYA - Motorists will enjoy a 50 per cent toll discount for two days on Dec 23 and Dec 24 for the upcoming Christmas celebration on Dec 25, says Malaysia’s Works Minister Alexander Nanta Linggi.

He said the toll discount would cost the government an estimated RM20.65 million (S$6.5 million) in compensation to toll concessionaires.

“The government will bear an estimated financial implication of RM20.65 million to compensate all toll highway concessionaire companies involved following the provision of a 50 per cent toll discount in conjunction with this year’s Christmas celebration,” he said in a statement on Dec 19.

The discount applies only to Class 1 private vehicles at all toll plazas, except at border toll plazas, namely the Sultan Iskandar Building (BSI) Toll on the North-South Expressway (PLUS) and Tanjung Kupang Toll Plaza on the Malaysia-Singapore Second Link Expressway (Linkedua).

The 50 per cent toll discount is expected to help ease part of the travel cost burden for Malaysians planning to return to their hometowns to visit family members for Christmas celebrations, or to go on holiday with their families during the school holiday season, he said.

He added that this initiative is also in line with the aspirations of the Madani Government to help alleviate the cost of living for people at all