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No more toll exemptions during festive seasons starting this year

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Every time the festive season arrives, the government will offer highway toll exemptions to ease the travel burdens of the rakyat travelling back to their hometowns.

However, this practice will be stopped starting this year in lieu of a more targeted approach.

According to the Minister of Works, Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi, this matter was decided at a cabinet meeting last year.

Nevertheless, he stated that the government will replace the cessation of free tolls with a more targeted approach.

Without specifying the targeted approach, he said: “There will be no more free tolls during the festive season.”

“We will announce the more targeted approach in the near future. Last year, the government decided that 2024 would be the final year for free tolls during the festive season.”

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Previously, the government said that it had to cover the costs of providing free tolls.

On average, the government pays about RM20 million daily to the highway concessionaire companies through the provision of free tolls.

Just last year, the government paid RM80.07 million for Aidilfitri, RM42.31 million for Deepavali, RM41.21 million for the Chinese New Year, and RM38 million for Christmas.

The provision of free tolls last Christmas was the final instance of such government support during the festive season.

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