BY the latter half of this year, motorists will have an idea of how much they have to pay to pass under an Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) gantry - from 100m away.
Existing gantries will each have an extra panel installed above them to show the charges for that time period and the pricing for the various types of vehicles. Some gantries already have an electronic board alongside the gantry serving the same purpose but, as Transport Minister Raymond Lim conceded in Parliament earlier this year, these are sometimes too small for motorists to read.
The new signboards, called the Rates Variable Message System, by being visible from 100m away, will enable motorists to make a 'considered decision' about whether to pass under the gantry.
Each panel costs $65,000 to install. The tab for the 70 gantries therefore comes to $4.55 million.
The first five gantries with these new displays will be those at the Singapore River cordon. They go live in July. The signboards will then be installed at the gantries in the city centre and, subsequently, at the other gantries. The displays will go live progressively and all will be operational by November.
MARIA ALMENOAR
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1 comment:
What are drivers supposed to do if they decide not to "pass under the gantry"?
A.C.
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