Tollway firms may get OK to collect longer

Amendment is to compensate companies for losses during holidays

Tollway operators who have been financially affected by the government's toll-free policy may be allowed to extend their collection periods, according to a draft amendment to the country's tollway management regulation.

"(Highway) operators whose legal revenue is impacted by the toll-free policy can be compensated by properly extending their period of toll collection," the Ministry of Transport said in a draft amendment to the regulation, which took effect in November 2004.