The toll rate for the North-South Expressway from Kuala Lumpur to Seremban will be lower by 60 sen from the current rate when a new multilevel interchange of the Seremban Toll Plaza is completed, said Deputy Works Minister Yong Khoon Seng.

He said with the toll reduction at the new toll plaza, the rate would be RM6.60 instead of RM7.20 as the highway distance betwen Kuala Lumpur-Seremban was shortened by the existence of the RM116.7 million interchange.

He was replying to a supplementary question by Loke Siew Fook (DAP-Rasah) on whether it was fair for government funds to be used to build the multilevel toll plaza in Seremban.

When replying to the original question, Yong dismissed Loke’s statement that the government funded the new interchange project in Seremban as it was financed by Plus itself.

In the original question, Loke wanted the Works Minister to state the latest status of the new Seremban Toll Plaza.      

- Bernama