The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) says it’s set to launch a probe into the multi-lane free-flow toll system (MLFF). In a press release, PAC chairperson Datuk Mas Ermieyati Samsudin mentioned that members of the committee unanimously agreed to provoke proceedings concerning the administration of the MLFF’s implementation by the works ministry, The Edge reviews.

She mentioned that along with summoning freeway operators to offer insights into the implementation of the MLFF system, the PAC may also summon representatives from the works ministry and the Malaysian Freeway Authority (LLM).

She added that the proceedings shall be performed below Dewan Rakyat’s Standing Order 77(1)(d), Treasury Instruction 301 Yr 2023, and Part III Article 11 (b) Common Round No. 2 (1982), however didn’t elaborate on what prompted the probe into the MLFF.

The MLFF is a barrier-free system designed to interchange the present booth-based toll assortment system, with an overhead gantry accumulating tolls utilizing radio-frequency identification units (RFID) together with an automated quantity plate recognition (ANPR) system.

Initially presupposed to be in place by 2025, it was introduced in March final yr that its implementation could be sped up, with the announcement of the primary proof-of-concept checks on the Sungai Besi Expressway (Besraya) and DUKE coming quickly after.

In July, public works minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi mentioned he hoped to get an earlier settlement with the businesses so MLFF – which is estimated to price RM3.46 billion – may very well be carried out by the top of 2024.

In December, a complete of 32 freeway toll concessionaires protested the federal government’s transfer to straight award the MLFF challenge to a single, non-public firm. The concessionaires mentioned that the “appointment settlement” with KJS-SEP Synergy, an organization linked to YTL Company, for the challenge was carried out with out consulting the freeway concessionaires, who would finally foot the invoice.

The Affiliation of Freeway Concessionaires Malaysia (PSKLM) mentioned it despatched a letter of objection to the works ministry, stating that the transfer violates their particular person agreements with the federal government. The concessionaires added that they weren’t comfy with a 3rd get together endeavor toll assortment on their behalf as a result of there may very well be leakages that would have an effect on general toll assortment, particularly given the.non-public entity’s lack of a monitor document.

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