Dr Mahathir says immediate toll abolition not possible thesundaily mahathirmohamad
The immediate abolition of toll cannot be carried out as it requires purchases to be made by the government, said Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir MohamadDr Mahathir noted that in the event that toll was abolished, it would still take time to alleviate the people’s financial burden.
In its 14th General Election manifesto, Pakatan Harapan pledged, among others, to review all highway concession agreements and negotiate to get the best deals to take over each toll concession with the ultimate objective to abolish toll in stages. The prime minister noted that a study indicated that the government would need to fork out tens of billions of ringgit to take over tolled highways immediately, and spend billions of ringgit more on maintenance.
“When this is paid, government funds will be insufficient for key infrastructure development, if the costs of purchasing and maintaining highways are added to the government’s operational and development expenditure,“ he said.
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