Govt undecided on toll for MEX link

The toll fee on a 16.5km elevated highway linking Seri Kembangan to Maju Expressway (MEX) will only be decided when the RM90 million project is completed in two years' time, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.

Deputy Works Minister Datuk Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin said she was confident that the government would impose a reasonable toll charge after negotiating with the concessionaire. "Once the project is completed, the government will fix the toll fee, it might be lower that the proposed RM2.20," she said when replying to Dr Ong Kia Ming (DAP-Serdang) in the Dewan Rakyat today.

She took Ong (pic) to task for implying that the proposed RM2.20 charge was the Barisan Nasional (BN) government’s punishment to Selangor residents for voting the opposition in the 13th general election. She said that he should have been thankful to MCA leaders for fighting for the project instead of making the accusation.

On the status of the project, she said the developer was in the process of acquiring private land while clearing work was carried out on government land.

Once completed, the highway will provide direct access to MEX, Kuala Lumpur, Bukit Jalil, Putrajaya and the KL International Airport, via various elevated ramps from a junction in Jalan Putra Permai, Seri Kembangan. Users of the highway will have to pay a toll to travel to and from Kuala Lumpur while there is no charge to and from Putrajaya.