Background Story

April 7: Five gantries in Upper Bukit Timah Road, Toa Payoh Lorong 6, Upper Boon Keng Road, Geylang Bahru Road and Kallang Bahru Road will be switched on from 7.30am to 9.30am on weekdays.

July 7: Five gantries along the Singapore River, from Clemenceau Avenue to Fullerton Road, will be switched on from 5pm to 8pm on weekdays.

Two of them, in Eu Tong Sen Street and Fullerton Road (towards Esplanade Drive), will operate on Saturday from 10am to 8pm.

ERP operation hours on weekdays will also start earlier for the Central Business District, at 7am, and Orchard Road, at 10am.

New ERP formula, including the possibility of a $1 rate increase, will apply to these roads.

Nov 3: Six gantries will be switched on in Commonwealth Avenue, Jalan Bukit Merah, Alexandra Road, Ayer Rajah Expressway (west-bound, near Alexandra Road), Pan-Island Expressway (west-bound, near Eunos) and Serangoon Road.

New formula will apply to more roads with gantries, including in such areas as Toa Payoh, Dunearn Road and Bendemeer Road.

February 2009: New formula will apply on all roads with gantries.

THE ONLY WAY OUT

'Without ERP, Singaporeans would be spending many hours in traffic snarls, just like people in Tokyo, Los Angeles and many other US cities, who pay for congestion, not with their wallets, but with the time that they have lost, stuck in traffic gridlock.'

TRANSPORT MINISTER RAYMOND LIM