The new toll rate effective Aug 1 at the Customs and Immigration Quarantine (CIQ) at the Sultan Iskandar Building is only for inbound and outbound vehicles at the CIQ, the Malaysian Highway Authority (LLM) said today.  
 
It explained in a statement that users of the Eastern Dispersal Link (EDL) would not have to pay toll and the expressway would be toll-free for the residents of Johor Baharu. 
 
Almost 180,000 or more than 80 percent of EDL users were Johor Baharu residents and they were not affected by the toll rate increase, it said. 
 
Yesterday, the MHA announced that the toll rate increase would be for Class 1 to Class 5 vehicles entering and leaving the CIQ complex. 
 
The new toll rate for vehicles coming into Malaysia are RM9.70; RM14.70; RM19.70, RM4.80 and RM7.80 for the range of classes, while the toll rates for outbound vehicles are RM6.80; RM10.20; RM13.60; RM3.40 and RM5.50. 
 
The existing rates, implemented in January 2011, are RM2.90, RM4.50, RM6.10, RM1.40 and RM2.30. 
 
- Bernama