Highway takeover 'will cost billions'
SEREMBAN: The Government cannot afford to take over the country's tolled highways as the cost can run into billions of ringgit, said Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu.
Such a move was also not possible as the shares in companies maintaining the highways were not owned by a single entity.
"This will be a massive burden on the Government. We cannot afford to take over these highways as the cost can run into billions of ringgit,? he told reporters after opening the SJK(T) Ladang Seremban in Sungai Gadut near here.