2-month toll discount for PUVs, PUBs, freights starting March 23 —DOTr

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) on Friday announced that expressways operators have volunteered to grant a two-month toll discount for public utility vehicles (PUVs), public utility buses (PUBs), and vehicles involved in freight services starting March 23, 2026.

According to a DOTr statement, Transportation Secretary Giovanni Lopez informed Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) Executive Director Jay Art Tugade that “tollway concessionaires/operators expressed that they will voluntarily implement a temporary toll discount for essential transport sectors.”

The toll reprieve came amid the soaring fuel prices resulting from supply tightening due to the Middle East crisis.

The DOTr said the two-month discount may be extended subject to review.

The discounted across expressways will be implemented as follows:

Class 1 PUVs - jeepneys, modernized jeepnies

• NLEX (open system)

Discounted rate - P79

Current rate - P85

Savings - P6

• NLEX (closed system)

Discounted rate - P337

Current rate - P355

Savings - P10

• SLEX (Alabang-Calamba)

Discounted rate - P116

Current rate -  P126

Savings - P10

• SLEX (Calamba-Sto. Tomas)

Discounted rate - P31

Current rate - P34

Savings - P3

• STAR (Sto. Tomas-Lipa)

Discounted rate - P55

Current rate - P60

Savings - P5

• STAR (Lipa-Batangas)

Discounted rate - P49

Current rate - P53

Savings - P4

Class 2 - PUBs

• NLEX (open system)

Discounted rate - P199

Current rate - P211

Savings - P12

• NLEX (closed system)

Discounted rate - P840

Current rate - P887

Savings - P47

• SLEX (Alabang-Calamba)

Discounted rate - P232

Current rate -  P253

Savings - P21

• SLEX (Calamba-Sto. Tomas)

Discounted rate - P63

Current rate - P68

Savings - P5

• STAR (Sto. Tomas-Lipa)

Discounted rate - P110

Current rate - P119

Savings - P9

• STAR (Lipa-Batangas)

Discounted rate - P98

Current rate - P106

Savings - P8

Class 3 - Freight trucks (with three or more axies and a height of more than 7.5 feet)

• NLEX (open system)

Discounted rate - P238

Current rate - P254

Savings - P16

• NLEX (closed system)

Discounted rate - P1,247

Current rate - P1,319

Savings - P72

• SLEX (Alabang-Calamba)

Discounted rate - P348

Current rate -  P379

Savings - P31

• SLEX (Calamba-Sto. Tomas)

Discounted rate - P94

Current rate - P102

Savings - P8

• STAR (Sto. Tomas-Lipa)

Discounted rate - P165

Current rate - P179

Savings - P14

• STAR (Lipa-Batangas)

Discounted rate - P147

Current rate - P159

Savings - P12

The DOTr said the toll discounts will be provided through rebates, which will be credited weekly to all qualified vehicles.

“Nagpapasalamat tayo sa San Miguel Corp., kay Mr. Ramon Ang, at sa Metro Pacific Tollways Corp., kay Mr. Manny Pangilinan dahil malaking tulong ito sa ating mga PUV drivers, commuters, pati na rin sa ating mga mamimili at mga negosyante sa kabila ng kinakaharap nating krisis ngayon sa langis,” said Lopez.

(We thank San Miguel Corp., Mr. Ramon Ang; and Metro Pacific Tollways Corp., Mr. Manny Pangilinan because this will be a huge relief for our PUV drivers, commuters, as well as consumers and businesses as we face this current oil crisis.)

—AOL, GMA Integrated News