GUIGUINTO, Bulacan—Vehicles
with top load above seven feet will be charged for class two vehicle category
at North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) toll plazas starting July 1.
This came as the Manila
North Tollways Corporation and its NLEX operator, the Tollways Management
Corporation (TMC) implement an agreement with the Toll Regulatory Board (TRB).
Bobby Bontia, TMC Vice
President for tollways operation said that under the MNTC and TRB agreement,
vehicles with two axles and top load above seven feet are supposed to be charge
under class two.
However, in the past years,
such vehicles were only charge for toll fee under class 1.
Bontia that TMC has been
distributing leaflets to motorist since last month to inform them of the
changes on toll fees for the said vehicles.
”We are implementing the
agreement by July 1,” he said noting that vehicles with top loads above seven
feet were being charged under class two category at the South Luzon Expressway
(SLEX) for a long time.
Bontia said that vehicles with two axles and
top load below seven feet are considered as class one vehicles and are only
pays and initial P45.
But class two vehicles which
were describe as with two axles and top load beyond seven feet pays and initial
toll fee of P114 along the NLEX.
As head of the toll
operations of the TMC, Bontia said they will place market on every toll plaza
along the NLEX in order to serve as reference for motorists on the actual
height of their load.
This developed, Bontia also
announce that by next month, the MNTC will open the new Bocaue Interchange on
the northbound of the NLEX.
Like its south-bound
counterpart, the new interchange will have three toll booths for TMC to start
collecting toll fees.
Road approaching said
interchange from the NLEX was widened to accommodate more vehicles. The MNTC and the TMC are also coordinating
with Bocaue municipal government to widen the road after the interchange that
leads to Bocaue and Sta. Maria towns.
Bontia clarified that the
Bocaue north-bound interchange is not part of the open system implemented by
the TMC along the NLEX.
He said the open system is
only between Marilao and Balintawak interchange. (Dino Balabo)