Fewer than 1 in 4 ERP gantries in use today, even as rates at some locations go up

The LTA said it will continue to look at traffic speed and congestion levels to decide if ERP rates need to be further adjusted. PHOTO: ST FILE
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SINGAPORE - When the ERP gantry on the Pan-Island Expressway before the Eunos exit towards Jurong begins charging $1 from Monday, there will be 19 gantries in operation – around a quarter out of the total 77 gantries that were in use before the Covid-19 pandemic hit.

The other nine Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) gantries on expressways, as well as the 10 on arterial roads and 39 within the Central Business District, continue to be inactive since the suspension of ERP in April 2020 when circuit breaker measures were introduced.

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