All 21 Toll Plazas In Klang Valley Will Go Cashless By End Of This Year
The new system would be implemented in stages.
By John Lim — 07 Jan 2016, 12:55 PM
All 21 toll plazas in Klang Valley will switch to cashless payment system by end of this year, said Association of Highway Concessionaires Malaysia (PSKLM) president Datuk Zainudin A. Kadir
All 21 highways in the Klang Valley will implement the fully electronic toll payment system by the end of this year, said Association of Highway Concessionaires Malaysia (PSKLM) president Datuk Zainudin A. Kadir.
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Excluding inter-urban highways, he emphasised the move was to encourage the use of electronic toll system which was more convenient
He said the move was an initiative to encourage the use of the electronic toll system that was more convenient, comfortable and helped users enjoy a smooth ride at any toll plaza.
"On average, the manual toll collection is 360 transactions per hour, compared to 1,000 transactions using the Smart Tag, and over 700 transactions using Touch n Go," he told a media briefing at the Kuala Lumpur-Putrajaya Expressway (MEX) headquarters here on Wednesday.
He further stated that the implementation of a electronic toll payment system would not cause layoffs of toll attendants
The adoption of a ETC system will also have no impact on the current staff of toll collectors, according to Zainudin, who stated that they would be redeployed to other tasks instead of facing retrenchment.
paultan.orgToll plazas on four highways – MEX, the New Pantai Expressway (NPE), Cheras-Kajang Highway (Grand Saga) and Kemuning-Shah Alam Expressway (LKSA) – will be first ones to implement the system on 13 January
Zainuddin said 10 toll plazas on four highways – MEX, the New Pantai Expressway (NPE), Cheras-Kajang Highway (Grand Saga) and Kemuning-Shah Alam Expressway (LKSA) – would implement the fully electronic toll payment system at midnight on January 13.
The toll plazas comprise three on MEX (the Salak Selatan Toll Plaza, Putrajaya Toll Plaza and Seri Kembangan Toll Plaza), three toll plazas along the NPE (PJS2, PJS5, and Pantai Dalam), two toll plazas on Grand Saga (Batu 9 and Batu 11) and two on LKSA (Seri Muda and Alam Impian).
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The changes come with some incentives involving highway concessionaires
Zainuddin said the highway concessionaires involved would offer various incentives to consumers, including the distribution of 140,000 free Touch n Go cards, where users would only have to pay for a RM5 reload to receive the card.
Apart from that there is also an offer for a new Smart Tag at RM99, if purchased with a reload of RM20, and a 10 per cent rebate for Class 1 vehicles from Jan 13 to March 12 this year.
