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Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has sought the public's understanding over problems faced by his administration in fulfilling Pakatan Harapan's promise to abolish highway toll charges.
He told reporters in Putrajaya today that the only way to remove toll booths was for the government to acquire highway operators, which was a very costly exercise.
"The problem with buying (the highways) is that if we don't allow the companies to collect toll charges, how are they going to recover the funds they put up for the acquisition? This is the problem.
"All highways need to be maintained, enlarged, add new lanes... all that cost money. Previously, money came from toll collection. But (it is) already said in the (Harapan) manifesto (that) we don't collect toll.
"If we manage to buy, we have to spend a lot of money to maintain the roads. The public has to understand the problem we face," he said.
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