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LTA announces new ERP gantries, operational hours

Channel NewsAsia - Friday, August 24
SINGAPORE: The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has decided to extend the coverage of Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) at various locations to improve traffic flow.

A slew of changes affecting motorists using the Central Expressway (CTE), Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE) and East Coast Parkway (ECP) were disclosed after a visit to the Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway (KPE) tunnel by Transport Minister Raymond Lim on Thursday.

From 1 November, ERP operational hours of south-bound CTE will be extended by 4 hours on weekdays ? from 7am to 11am ? at the section between Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 and Braddell Road.

A new gantry with evening ERP on the north-bound CTE will also be installed just before the PIE exit. Motorists will be charged from 5.30pm till 10.30pm on weekdays.

Evening ERP is also moving to the east-bound ECP ? from the city towards Changi Airport ? with a new gantry just before the Rochor Road exit and another at the Ophir Road slip road.

ERP charges will be implemented between 6pm and 8pm during weekdays.

There will also be a new gantry, with operating hours from 7.30am to 9am just after the Dairy Farm Road exit, before BKE joins Pan Island Expressway (PIE).

Explaining the changes, the Transport Minister said if road usage is not priced, roads will be over-used, resulting in widespread congestion.

While there is no silver bullet solution, Mr Lim said ERP is the only one that directly deals with the congestion problem.

He said: "We sometimes hear criticisms of the ERP system. Some have observed that introducing or raising ERP charges relieve congestion temporarily, but after a while, the congestion comes back.

"Others, especially those using the CTE, have complained that the ERP is unfair. They say that depending on where you join the expressway, some motorists add to the congestion without paying for it. This is feedback that we value. It shows that ERP coverage may need to be more extensive or pricing (has to be) fine-tuned."

Besides trying to come up with a more holistic way of dealing with congestion, LTA will also see if optimal speed ranges, which currently should not fall below 45 kph for expressways and 20 kph for other roads, need to be changed.

LTA is also installing ERP gantries at Upper Bukit Timah Road between Hume Avenue and Old Jurong Road, Toa Payoh Lorong 6, Upper Boon Keng Road, Kallang Bahru Road and Geylang Bahru Road, but will only start charging if traffic conditions worsen. - CNA/so

muffin

Woh, like that i think take bus better, go back from city to ang mo kio need to go past 2 gantry - before PIE and bradell

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Muffin
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Super ex....

jus4lucky

what liao. life get ,more suck in sg . NO wonder less ppl giving birth. Finally we need more ppl from else where

steve.chan

Microsoft's Vision - "One PC at Every Desk"
LTA's Vision - "One ERP Gantry at Every Road"

If one day LTA get "listed", we got to snap the shares .... better than Goggle shares ...

mendy

nb. pay for road tax these and that.
than this that cannot use at certain time.
and pay more for additional of "ERP".
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you have no choice but to obey .. :biggrin4:

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" that is wack ! "

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nomad

another money making ideas from those at LTA.
more money collected mean more bonuses for them.
what can we do ?
there is nothing we can do about it?

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orangeXUE

e purpose is to make ppl take public transport or earn more $$$?
hahas.
wna avoid erp oso carn.
hahas

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good luck to all drivers... "they give u a chicken drumstick but want take back a whole chicken from u ... (give u cheap cheap COE, but make u pay more for taxes) :mellow3: "

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more money to be paid again!!!

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sky1234

They win already. Take public transport, earn more money from these company fare hike, GSt, etc. Take car, they earn even more money from more ERP, COE, etc. Either way, they still earn more money. Win for them & Lose for us.

Peuan Sanit

Having more ERP gantries will not solved the problem of congestions on the CTE or other areas.

Firstly, the design of the CTE is already wrong as it cannot cope with the high volume of traffic. Those who lives in Bishan, AMK, Yishun, Sembawang, Woodlands, etc will have to foot out more $.

Hiazz......

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shingshing

Haha! I like this!

And seriously, how are you going to control traffic when population getting bigger and bigger? Its like putting 25 people in a 4room HDB flat and expect all 25 people to move around the house freely?

Solution: Dun let too many foreigners in...