Attention, drivers! Toll rate hikes for the Cavitex are set to take effect today, May 22. Public utility drivers may be given discounts if they are enrolled in the toll reprieve program.
MANILA, Philippines – Toll rate hikes for the Manila-Cavite Toll Expressway are set to take effect on Sunday, May 22, the Toll Regulatory Board announced.P100 for Class 3 vehicles
In a Laging Handa briefing on Saturday, May 21, TRB spokesperson Julius Corpuz said the new fees were supposed to take effect on May 12, but the implementation was deferred as the TRB and the Department of Transportation allowed public utility vehicles to avail of the toll reprieve program.Corpuz said the toll hike was a granted petition from investors and toll concessionaires in 2016.
The TRB spokesperson also said the board understood how motorists may be negatively effected, especially as fuel prices remain high and unstable.Subalit, kailangan ho kasi nating balansehin din naman ang interes ng ating motorista at ang interes ng ating mga investors.
Public utility drivers with concerns over the toll hikes may enroll in a discount program. Enrolled provincial buses, for example, are not required to pay the new fee in the first month of the implementation. In the next month, they get a 75% discount on the new toll fees, and on the third month, they get a 50% discount.
The Department of Public Works and Highways opened the southbound flyover along Cavitex in December 2018.
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