Open payment at toll plazas to be expanded to 6 more highways

 

The new system allows motorists to use their credit and debit cards to pay their toll instead of just depending on Touch ’n Go, SmartTag or RFID. (Bernama pic)

KUALA SELANGOR: Six more highways have agreed to implement the open payment toll collection system from September.

Works minister Alexander Nanta Linggi said they will join the 12 highway concessionaires that have already implemented the SPT system since it was launched in September last year.

The system is aimed at making it easier and faster for motorists to pay toll.

“In the past, toll payments were only limited to the use of Touch ’n Go, SmartTag and RFID, but with SPT, motorists are also given the option of making payments using credit and debit cards.

“The participation of these six highways means that a total of 35 lanes will be opened for the convenience of using the SPT system,” he said after reviewing the progress of the project implemented in Section 7 of the West Coast Expressway (WCE), Assam Java-Tanjong Karang junction, here today.

Nanta said the six highways are the North-South Expressway (PLUS/Thailand-Singapore, 770km), the Seremban-Port Dickson Highway (SPDH, 23km); Linkedua Highway (Singapore-Malaysia, 47km); Grand Saga Highway (Cheras-Kajang, 11.5km); Grand Sepadu (North Port-Bukit Raja Klang, 17.5km) and Setiawangsa-Pantai Expressway (SPE/North to South KL, 30km).

Previously, the SPT system was implemented along Duta-Ulu Kelang Expressway (Duke), Damansara-Puchong Expressway (LDP); West KL Traffic Dispersal Scheme (SPRINT); Shah Alam Expressway (Kesas); SMART Tunnel, Kuala Lumpur-Putrajaya Expressway (MEX); Sungai Besi Highway; New Pantai Expressway (NPE); Ampang-Kuala Lumpur Elevated Highway (Akleh); Guthrie Corridor Highway; Penang Bridge and the Butterworth-Kulim Expressway (BKE).- FMT