NLEx toll hike effective March 2 — TRB
Motorist queue at the toll gates of North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) northbound on Saturday, October 14, 2023. INQUIRER PHOTO / GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE
MANILA, Philippines — The North Luzon Expressway (NLEx) will implement a toll increase starting Sunday, March 2, according to the Toll Regulatory Board (TRB).
According to the TRB on Thursday, motorists will pay an additional P5 for Class 1 vehicles (regular cars and sports utility vehicles); P13 for Class 2 (buses and small trucks); and P15 for Class 3 (large trucks) at the open system (Balintawak, Caloocan, Mindanao Ave. to North of Marilao, Bulacan.)
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Toll will increase by P52 for Class 1; P129 for Class 2; and P156 for Class 3 at the closed system (North of Marilao, Bulacan to Sta. Ines, Mabalacat City, Pampanga.)
Further, an additional fee of P7 for Class 1, P18 for Class 2, and P21 for Class 3 will be collected at Subic-Tipo.
Motorists traveling NLEx from end to end (Metro Manila to Sta. Ines, Mabalacat City) will also pay an additional P57 for Class 1, P142 for Class 2, and P171 for Class 3.
The TRB said in a statement that the toll increase and adjustments “have undergone thorough, meticulous and lengthy review by TRB, and were allowed to be implemented only after NLEx Corp. complied with all the procedures and requirements under the 2013 TRB Revised Rules of Procedure.”
“NLEX Corp. was allowed to recover its investment for the newly completed Candaba 3rd Viaduct by way of [an] add-on toll at the Closed System,” TRB added.
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It also noted that the collection of the toll hike is the 50 percent, or the first tranche, of the approved toll rate adjustments by NLEx Corp. in 2022.
Further, TRB Spokesperson Julius Corpuz said that the second tranche of toll adjustment may be implemented in 2026.
“The second tranche, supposed to be, will be implemented next year na para doon sa 2022 petition nila (for their 2022 petition),” Corpuz said in an interview with Teleradyo 630 on Friday.
