Second Link users to pay 30% less toll

23 June 2010 , By Asia One Motoring

Second Link users will pay less toll come Aug 1.

Malaysia and Singapore leaders announced yesterday that toll rates at the link will be reduced by 30%.

The announcement came following a meeting between Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and his counterpart Lee Hsien Loong and is seen as another effort by both leaders to boost people-to-people relations.

Najib said Malaysia had proposed that the toll be reduced by 30%.

"Prime Minister Lee has kindly responded with the equivalent amount. Hopefully, with the reduction of the toll rates, we will see a better utilisation of the Second Link," he said at a joint press conference with Lee.

Lee said the announcement on the reduction of toll charges was good news to the people of Malaysia and Singapore.

The Second Link bridging Tanjung Kupang in Johor and Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim in Tuas, Singapore was opened to traffic on Jan 2, 1998.

Currently, motorists have to pay between RM1.60 (for motorcycles) and RM48.90 (for large lorries) at the Tanjung Kupang toll plaza while at Singapore's Tuas checkpoint, they have to fork out S$0.70 (RM1.63) and S$21 (RM48.76) for motorcycles and large lorries respectively.