Govt owes highway concessionaires RM1.51b for freezing toll hike

Putrajaya needs to fork out RM1.51 billion in compensation to highway concessionaires for freezing an increase in toll hikes across the country, according to Works Minister Fadillah Yusof.

Of this figure, the senior minister said RM1.34 billion was owed in 2020 over the government's decision not to allow a toll hike for all highways that year...