Thats actually lower than I anticipated. I was actually expecting it to be as high as RM3.50, but I am plesently supprised it is Rm2. Is that cheap? Well, if you think about it, not really cheap la. Will I continue to use the Smart Tunnel once the toll starts? I can’t really say. It does shave off quite allot of time for me when I am going to work, and coming home from work, but Rm2.0 one way, would make it an extra Rm4.0 a day. With Parking already costing me Rm3.7 a day, it means my daily expense for travelling actually doubles. Perhaps it time to avoid the SMART tunnel unless I have events to attend and back in PJ and I don’t wanna be late.

Use it now people, 2 more days of it being Free. Come the stroke of Midnight June 15, you gotta pay.

[Source]
SMART toll set at RM2

KUALA LUMPUR: Users of the Stormwater Management and Road Tunnel (SMART) will be charged a RM2 toll from 11.59pm on June 14, Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said.

He said the toll would be increased again in three years, adding that the price was right as the tunnel concessionaire had forked out RM640mil to build it.

Noting that there was no Government subsidy involved, he said: “In any part of the world where tunnels are built, the toll is higher.

“It is also an alternative route. Road users can continue to use the existing highway but if you need to speed up your journey, then use the tunnel,” he told reporters after opening a meeting of senior Works Ministry officers.

Motorists can enter the road tunnel from the Kuala Lumpur-Seremban Expressway near the Sungai Besi airfield runway and exit either at Jalan Davis and Jalan Tun Razak near the Kampung Pandan roundabout, or vice-versa.

The tunnel is open only to cars, MPVs and SUVs not exceeding 2m in height. No motorcycles, buses or lorries are allowed. Touch ‘n Go and SmartTag facilities are available for paying toll.

Asked why flash floods were still occurring even though the tunnel was open, Samy Vellu said he believed the Drainage and Irrigation Department (DID) had many projects underway to deal with the problem.

It was reported previously that the floodwater diversion part of the SMART project would only be operational next month, while the motorway tunnel was opened on May 14.

The project would be fully operational only after the construction of some 200 dams and flood retention ponds

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