POLL: Waive SLEX toll fees from Nichols to Alabang until Skyway Construction Ends

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...are you serious?... or are you being sarcastic?

I'm serious.... only drastic actions can make them listen. or there is another way...if you're close to the President...

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Toll discount for SLEx users pushed

By Leila Salaverria
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:23:00 07/07/2009

Filed Under: Consumer Issues, Transport, Infrastructure

MANILA, Philippines—Motorists who use the South Luzon Expressway (SLEx) should not be made to pay the full toll rate for using the roadway which has almost become a virtual parking lot due to an ongoing rehabilitation project, congressmen said yesterday.

Parañaque Representative Eduardo Zialcita said the Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) should give motorists who use the SLEx a 50-percent toll discount.

Zialcita aired his proposal during a hearing being conducted by the House oversight committee on President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s 10-point projects involving the Department of Transportation and Communication.

He said he had already written to TRB about his proposal although he has yet to hear from the agency.

Another Parañaque lawmaker, Rep. Roilo Golez, said the operator of the Skyway should also cut its rates by about 25 to 50 percent.

“The contract of Skyway is for the speedy, smooth flow [of traffic] but right now, they’re not able to fulfill the contract … So they should reduce their rates,” Golez said, adding that he has already filed the corresponding resolution.

Although the rehabilitation of the expressway would eventually benefit the public, there was no need to charge them the full toll rate because of the inconvenience the project was causing them, he pointed out.

Meanwhile, Zambales Rep. Ma. Milagros Magsaysay said provincial buses using the SLEx should also be given a discount.

Lower toll rates, she pointed out, would allow the buses to use the costlier Skyway and avoid the traffic jam on the main road.

Oversight committee chair Rep. Danilo Suarez said the TRB’s lack of response to Zialcita was a serious concern and the House panel should convince the board to slash its toll rates in the meantime.

According to Suarez, the long hours spent on the road have become wasteful for motorists.

“We’re consuming more gasoline because of inefficiency,” he said.

let's see what happens with this

[CVT]

^^^ Dapat lang! (Dapat nga libre,- sa naubos na oras, gasolina, abala at himutok sa dibdib....)

8202:sampay:

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Toll discount for SLEx users pushed



let's see what happens with this

sometimes maganda rin na malapit na ang election....para gumalaw naman ang mga politicians.

[claRkEnt]

if ever. ano kaya coverage nito? will it cover nichols to calamba? or just the alabang-nichols stretch?

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to be fair to slex ok lang na alabang to nichols lang, pero dapat right away na. sobrang parusa na talaga trapik sa slex..badly managed talaga yung construction. pinagsabay sabay yung area ng construction instead of by parts.

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meron na silang nilagay sa tarapulin na sa December 2009, gawa na lahat ng foundation ang ma restore na yun three lanes each way, then by May 2011 yata or 2012 tapos na lahat na ang project...damn it! tagal pa rin

[cjtrishawn]

I agree perfectly with all your comments. These so called "traffic enforcers", instead of just standing around at random areas should position themselves at the bottlenecks, I mean that is where hell all breaks loose as each driver will jostle each other just to get thru without any regard to giving way or just the plain one by one attitude. They should be the ones to control these areas and if they are able to do this I guess traffic will move faster better than the highway becoming a virtual parking lot.

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mali pala yun nabasa ko....December 2010 matatapos lahat ng columns, then May 2011 magkakaroon na ng entry-exit ramp sa hillsborough, then by May 2012 sa pa matapos yun project.

ANG TAGAL PA PALA...!!!!

ibaba nag toll fees

[roninblade]

OMG, 2010 pa lahat ng columns, eh bakit nila agad hinarangan yung 3rd lane from alabang to sucat