DETALYADONG paliwanag ang hiling ni Senador Grace Poe sa Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) hinggil sa pagtataas ng toll fee sa North Luzon Expressway (NLEx) na magsisimula sa Huwebes, Hunyo 15, 2023.
Ayon kay Poe, chair ng Senate committee on public services, kailangang magpaliwanag sa publiko ang TRB hinggil sa “drastic hike in toll rates”.
“If these were periodic adjustments from more than a decade ago, the Toll Regulatory Board must explain why it only approved it now in one big swoop,” ani Poe sa isang kalatas.
Simula sa Huwebes, may dagdag na P7 hanggang P98 ang singil sa NLEx, depende sa uri ng behikulo at sa layo.
Giit na TRB, ang dagdag singil ay bahagi ng periodic toll rate adjustement petitions ng NLEx noong 2012, 2014, 2018 at 2020.
“The new provisionally approved toll rate adjustments have undergone a very thorough, meticulous and lengthy review and were allowed to be implemented only after NLEx complied with all the procedures and requirements of the TRB,” paliwanag ng board.
Gayunman, iginiit ng senador na ang “question of reasonableness should not just be based on the PPP (Public-Private Partnership) contract but also on traffic data.”
Anya pa, dapat na rin umanong isaalang-alang ang customer satisfaction bago payagan ang pagtataas ng singil.
“Is the expressway really providing express service? Is the convenience provided equal to what is being charged?” dagdag pa nito.
“Maybe it is also high time that the government study dynamic pricing. We should not be charging high rates if customer satisfaction is low or performance benchmarks are not met,” giit pa ni Poe.
