LTA revises ERP rates after review

Motorists using the East Coast Parkway (ECP) to get to the city in the morning will pay lower Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) fees from 5^th May, reported The Straits Times.

Announcing changes to ERP rates after a quarterly review of traffic conditions, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said a set of two gantries along the citybound ECP and Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway (KPE) slip road will see reductions of $1 from 7:30am to 9:00am.

Likewise, the gantries on the westbound Marina Coastal Expressway (MCE) before the Maxwell Road exit and on the slip road to Marina Coastal Drive will see $1 reductions from 8:30am to 9:00am.

In the evening, motorists passing a gantry eastbound ECP before KPE will not have to pay a fee from 7:30pm to 8:00pm, after the rate is reduced by 50 cents.

The ERP rate at four gantries leading to the southbound Central Expressway (CTE) will go down by $1 from 7:30am to 8:00am, due to smoother traffic conditions. The revised rate is $4.

However, the rate at the gantry along the southbound CTE slip road to PIE (Changi) or Serangoon Road will increase by $1 from 9:00am to 9:30am. Likewise, the ERP rate for motorists heading north on the CTE before the PIE will increase by $1 from 5:30pm to 6:00pm.

Along the Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE), ERP rates will decrease by $1 from 8:30am to 9:30am. Rates at all other gantries will remain the same.