The government has been urged to set a reasonable toll rate for users of the Eastern Dispersal Link (EDL) expressway.

Johor Baru MCA public complaints bureau deputy chairperson Michael Tay said he had no objection for toll to be imposed on motorists leaving or entering the Customs, immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) Complex at the Sultan Iskandar building, but the rate should be reasonable so as not to burden the people, including tourists.

He said almost 100,000 Malaysians and Singaporeans commuted across the causeway daily.

“Based on a speculated rate, they have to pay RM15.30 daily at the toll counter at CIQ. This does not include the toll they have to pay in Singapore,” he told reporters in Johor Baru today.

Tay said he feared that a high toll could result in Malaysians working in Singapore to reside in the republic to save costs.

“There is also fear among traders that their income will be affected as fewer Singaporean will come to shop here,” he added.

- Bernama