SC lifts TRO on SLEx toll hike

[Monseratto]

It was a shortlived "victory" afterall. This concerns only the toll fees, not the VAT tax that gov't is trying to impose...

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquire...SLEx-toll-hike

By Nikko Dizon
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 04:34:00 10/22/2010

MANILA, Philippines—The Supreme Court Thursday lifted the temporary restraining order (TRO) it issued on the toll increase at the South Luzon Tollway (SLT) last August, paving the way for a possible 250 percent increase in toll rates.

In a 75-page decision obtained by the Inquirer, 12 of the magistrates concurred with the decision written by Associate Justice Presbitero Velasco declaring as constitutional the Supplemental Toll Operation Agreement (STOA) covering the Luzon Tollway Project of South Luzon Expressway (SLEx) and the Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) resolutions allowing toll rate increases that were supposed to have been implemented on June 30, 2010.

Still, the high tribunal said: “The challenge contained in the Supplemental Petition [filed by lawyers Ernesto Francisco and Jose Hizon against the TRB] against the toll rates subject of the TRB notice of Toll Rates published on June 6, 2010, for the SLEx projects, Toll Road Projects 1 and 2 of the new SLTC (South Luzon Tollway Corp.) STOA and the expanded and rehabilitated SLEx, is remanded to the TRB for a review of the assailed toll rates to determine whether SLTC and MATES (Manila Toll Expressway Systems, Inc.) are entitled to toll fees.”

The high court also declared as valid and constitutional the provisional toll rate increases published on Feb. 29, 2005, granted by the TRB.

However, the high tribunal declared as void and unconstitutional for being contrary to provisions of the Constitution the clause in the STOA that includes, “if necessary, an extension of the concession period which in no case shall exceed a maximum period of 50 years.”

[niky]

It was a shortlived "victory" afterall. This concerns only the toll fees, not the VAT tax that gov't is trying to impose...

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquire...SLEx-toll-hike

Not surprising.

Am waiting to see if the Malaysians, though, will stagger the increase for PR reasons.

[shadow]

to be fair the increase is really in place since meron naman talagang improvement. IMO to offset the increase in the Alabang-Calamba segment dapat mag rollback yun Nichols-alabang since sila naman ang cause ng traffic bec of the skyway construction.

[CVT]

They should have opened the Skyway exit/entrance to/from Sucat first to ease the traffic a bit between Bicutan and Sucat... And start to generate revenue....

It's been a while since we last saw a significant progress in this portion of the Skyway construction....

11.0K:dunno:

[_Qwerty_]

so magkano na ang toll to calamba?? 300+ na?? mababawasan sasakyan sa SLEX nyan.. wala nang trapik!!!

teka hindi para tapos ang laban.. pwede pa daw umapila..

[shadow]

They should have opened the Skyway exit/entrance to/from Sucat first to ease the traffic a bit between Bicutan and Sucat... And start to generate revenue....

It's been a while since we last saw a significant progress in this portion of the Skyway construction....

11.0K:dunno:

that segment is own by a different group walang connection sa increase ng Alabang- calamba segment.

[niky]

so magkano na ang toll to calamba?? 300+ na?? mababawasan sasakyan sa SLEX nyan.. wala nang trapik!!!

teka hindi para tapos ang laban.. pwede pa daw umapila..

More like 150. The P65 Alabang to Nichols charge won't change. Just the P30 (is it 33? I forget) charge from Alabang to Calamba.

[_Qwerty_]

so from nichols 65+150 = 215.. ok pa din pala...

[shadow]

yup, I think mali yun lumalabas sa papers na 300% increase, kasi binibilang nila from Nichols-Calamba which is wrong, dapat Alabang-Calamba lang ang binibilang.

[niky]

so from nichols 65+150 = 215.. ok pa din pala...

Nope. More like 65 + 90 (30*3) = 155.