RM537m paid for expressway land
Deputy Works Minister Datuk Mohd Zin Mohamed said the land in Kedah, Penang, Perak, Selangor, the Federal Territory, Negri Sembilan and Johor was acquired in stages between 1980 and 1988.
He said highway concessionaire PLUS Expressway Bhd (PLUS) had spent almost RM1 billion to upgrade the 823km highway.
"The concession agreement is not forever and therefore we cannot terminate their contract as we like," said Mohd Zin in reply to Datuk Raja Ahmad Zainuddin Raja Omar (BN-Larut).