Valenzuela City Mayor Rex Gatchalian on Monday, December 7, suspended the business permit of the company operating the North Luzon Expressway , after the toll operator failed to address the heavy traffic caused by its cashless payment system.
He also said NLEX Corporation should apologize to the public and implement a toll holiday,"pending acceptable and full solution to your RFID problem." In a phone interview with Rappler, Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation , parent of NLEX Corporation, said the traffic congestion caused by the cashless transaction scheme is"going to improve" in the next couple of days.
The TRB partially supported Valenzuela City's recommendation of a toll holiday – only if gross negligence on the part of NLEX Corporation has been proven.
DOTr totally unprepared in implementing, as always