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KUALA LUMPUR: The implementation of a road tariff system (RC) and a vehicle entry permit project (VEP) for the northern zone will be carried out next year through open tender, said Transport Minister Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong (pix).
“The Cabinet has decided that we will introduce the RC / VEP for the northern zone but not through direct negotiation. It will be carried out through public tender. The allocation provided (in the 2021 Budget) is to implement the RC / VEP project, ”he said at the end of the debate on the ministry’s 2021 Budget at the committee stage.
The assignment was later approved by a block vote with 109 deputies in favor, 94 against and 17 absent.
Wee also announced that the service age limit for public vehicles, especially taxis, will be automatically extended for another year to help those affected by the pandemic.
He said that if the service age of public vehicles was 10 years earlier, it will now be extended for another year, as owners may not have money, and this is the way the ministry helps them, Bernama reported.
In another development, Wee said that RM 23.32 million was allocated for legal expenses in the case of the MH17 aircraft shot down by a BUK missile while flying over conflict-affected eastern Ukraine on July 14, 2014.
He said Malaysia bore 30% of the cost of the trial for the case that claimed all 298 passengers and crew members, including 43 Malaysians, 193 Dutch and 27 Australians.
The Ministry of Transportation was allocated RM6.05 billion in the 2021 Budget, which comprises RM1.88 billion or 31% for operating expenses and RM4.18 billion or 69% for development expenses.
Wee said development expenses were for the implementation of 78 projects, of which 20 were new and another 58 were extension projects.
He said the overall allocation increased by 67.5% compared to the RM3.61 billion allocated in the 2020 Budget.
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