Quote Originally Posted by creepy View Post
There's probably a very big likelihood that corruption is involved somewhere in this deal.

But let's be sober about the increases before we react. Toll rates in other countries average around P2.00 - P3.00 per kilometer. The cost of cement here is higher than elsewhere and other inputs (construction equipment, etc...) are also not cheaper.

What needs to be done is to have a fair benchmark to compare. A toll rate of P0.50/km is definitely not sustainable if we want a decent highway.
What's disconcerting about this is the way they're trying to keep secret the STOA which is supposed to be a public document. How can one be sober when he doesn't know what provisions that document contains? I think that what RUPA is doing is the prudent and right thing: they'd rather not wait until a 1,000% toll fee increase is upon us before taking any action, because by then it might be too late already. If there is any graft involved in this whole thing (and the likelihood is that there is), it might as well be exposed now, so that the public won't have to pay for it.