Heavy duty trucks and buses to start paying N1,000 at Lekki toll plaza
The Lekki Concession Company has announced an increase in the toll tariff that vehicle owners will be charged at its toll plazas starting from February 1, 2018
According to the notice, The new figures also showed a 20 percent increase for cars/tricycles using the Ikoyi Link Bridge as the toll was raised from N250 to N300.
Sports Utility Vehicles will attract N250 at the Admiralty Toll Plaza of the Lekki-Epe Expressway, which is 66.6 percent increase over the current toll of N150.
The Managing Director, LCC, Mr. Mohammed Hassan, who first announced the upward review of the tolls on Friday, said it was “to enable the company to meet its loan obligations to its local and foreign lenders.”
The reasons adduced for the planned increase, according to them, include high operating costs and the current exchange rate of the naira to the dollar.
