Aug 23, 2007
More ERP gantries, extended hours from Nov
By Melissa Kok, Reporter
IN A bid to reduce traffic congestion along expressways and roads
and encourage commuters to use alternative routes, the Land
Transport Authority (LTA) is setting up more Electronic Road
Pricing (ERP) gantry points, and extending the operational hours of
current points.
From Nov 1, the morning Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) hours will be
extended from 7am to 11am during weekdays on the south-bound
Central Expressway (CTE) for motorists entering CTE from the slip
road between Ang Mo Kio 1 and Braddell Road.
Currently, the ERP hours are from 7.30am to 9.30am.
Motorists will also be charged 50 cents for entering the CTE
between 7am and 7.30am as well as between 9.30am to 11am.
There will be no changes to ERP charges at the other three gantries
on the south-bound CTE.
On the north-bound CTE, a new gantry - north of the Pan-Island
Expressway (PIE) exit - will be operational between 5.30pm and
10.30pm.
On the east-bound East Coast Parkway, two new gantries have been
installed - one before the Rochor Road exit and the other on the
Ophir Road slip road.
They will be operational between 6pm and 8pm on weekdays.
On the south-bound Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE), a new gantry has
also been built after the Dairy Farm exit, before the BKE joins the
PIE. It will be operational from 7.30am to 9am.
Five more new gantries are planned. They will be built at Toa Payoh
Lorong 6, Upper Boon Keng Road, Kallang Bahru Road, Geylang Bahru
Road and Upper Hume Avenue.
The LTA says it will monitor the traffic conditions along those
roads. If they do not meet the optimum speeds of above 45kph on
expressways and 20kph on other roads, LTA will activate the gantry
points.
LTA made these announcements on Thursday following Transport
Minister Raymond Lim's visit to the completed first phase of the
upcoming Kallang Paya Lebar Expressway (KPE).
