Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, June 10) — The North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) will impose higher toll rates starting June 15 following the approval of the Toll Regulatory Board (TRB).
Motorists traveling within the open system will now have to pay an additional ₱7 for Class 1 vehicles (regular cars and SUVs), ₱17 for Class 2 vehicles (buses and small trucks), and ₱19 for Class 3 vehicles (large trucks).
Those traveling within the close system will pay 36 centavos per kilometer.
The open system is from the cities of Navotas, Valenzuela, and Caloocan to Marilao in Bulacan. The closed system covers the portion between Bocaue, Bulacan and Sta. Ines, Mabalacat City, Pampanga including Subic-Tipo.
NLEX said those traveling end-to-end between Metro Manila and Mabalacat City will pay an additional ₱33 for Class 1, ₱81 for Class 2, and ₱98 for Class 3 vehicles.
The company explained that the new rates were part of its authorized periodic adjustments due in 2012, 2014, 2018, and 2020.
\”TRB allowed NLEX to collect this year the fourth and last tranche of the 2012 and 2014 periodic adjustments and only half of the 2018 and 2020 increases to help ‘curb the existing inflationary situation and cushion their impact on the users of the expressway,’\” NLEX said.
