4 new ERP gantries

[louisoh]

THOSE who drive or cab to the Marina Sands integrated resort or Marina Bay Financial Centre will face a new set of electronic road-pricing gantries planned for the area.

The Land Transport Authority announced on Thursday that four new gantries will be set up in Marina Centre, north of the East Coast Parkway, as the area is part of an enlarged Central Business District. An existing gantry in Central Boulevard will be removed.

The four new gantries are in Marina Way (an exit road from the Ayer Rajah Expressway); Marina Station Road (near the new MRT station); and two on either direction of the new three-lane dual-carriageway Bay Bridge that links the new business and entertainment hub to Raffles Avenue.

The additions bring the number of ERP gantries in the CBD from 39 to 36.

LTA chief executive Yam Ah Mee said the new gantries are necessary because they form a cordon around the expanded CBD. Without them, motorists will use the new roads there to bypass congestion-priced roads in the city centre, he added.

The erection of the new gantries will be done in stages. The first one on the Bay Bridge leading out of Marina Centre will be up in April, while the others will up some time in the third quarter. The Marina Sands resort is expected to open from April, while the Marina Bay Financial Centre is due to open by the third quarter.

http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking...ry_477218.html

[exxondus]

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LTA chief executive Yam Ah Mee said the new gantries are necessary because they form a cordon around the expanded CBD. Without them, motorists will use the new roads there to bypass congestion-priced roads in the city centre, he added.
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A bit confused here. isnt the reason for ERP is to make sure less people use certain roads?

If so, why prevent people from bypassing congestion-priced roads? Meaning they wanna force more people to into the already congested roads?

[toffeesthings]

Maybe the people of this country are under such intense hegemony that a spade is called a spade?

[Nooch]

Arh...my prediction came true..someone's paying for e 900+ million GIC loss..

[batamboy]

Arh...my prediction came true..someone's paying for e 900+ million GIC loss..

Yeah.. Fully agreed.. Tats expected.. Marlboro says there's no free lunch in this world...so Every Road Pay.. I pity myself n fellow countryman who drives..

[pet]

i seldom drv down to town nowadays.... but whn i did... knn, really surprise at the no of erp i kanna...

last time the restricted zone ( RZ ) = gantry at the entrance of CBD ... basically the CBD perimeter...kanna once nia.

NOW... wow lau, no longer call RZ, term it ERP.... entrance to the CBD kanna, within CBD also kanna another few more....#$%^&%^# .. highway kanna, other non-CBD also kanna. . .

tht day i kanna fine for not inserting cash card... cos i wnt dn town, got complimentary car park, so i remove my cash card and insert the free car park pass .. but forget to put bck my cash card... i kanna one ERP on the way out ... ( kanna near the old national library there... $%^& ...wtf

[Frogmen]

ERP = Everyday Rob People

[rh1667]

Wait till one day when you need to go Orchard Road, follow by Raffles City and then to Shenton way, if your time is "right", then you can hear "beep" till your heart break.....

[armchaireconomist]

Wait till one day when you need to go Orchard Road, follow by Raffles City and then to Shenton way, if your time is "right", then you can hear "beep" till your heart break.....

Ya man... this route is damn steady. Kenna before...

[seiko.citizen]

Wait till one day when you need to go Orchard Road, follow by Raffles City and then to Shenton way, if your time is "right", then you can hear "beep" till your heart break.....

for those with a musical mindset, they may be able to crack a tune from that tempo is about right

[exxondus]

lucky I cant afford a car yet

but from the looks of it, i can never afford one in the future

[pet]

so lesson of the day.....ah pet, everywhere u go, u kanna. next time go pasir ris farmway also kanna too.

ya loh... heng ah, west area not alot ... hahaha..
my $50 cash card can last sometime...except whn i go town, wow lau...another if i go os fishing, knn, park overnite at marina, ex.... also the tmft overnite also ex, 20+ ...

long time no go prp and farmway leow. how catch there ?

[pet]

wait till u go shopping at orchard road and happen to park either at paragon or ngee ann city.....hehe.

i went to pasir ris main pond on wed.....fished from 7pm to 2am....only got 6 while my friend zero-fighter.....and i went to the pro pond and look see look see...only 3 people fish there and very very quiet.

paragon/ ngee ann cheap lah... hahaha... compare to shenton..wow lau...some like $5/hr.... orchard road half price nia... hahaa

tht day tht prpp rod checker call me to go leh, i never. long time no go leow, rather go OS... also wnt with louis to jb to fish, cheap, abt half price...but never kanna fish, rustic place, nice... after, end up go shopping spend more $$ in mall... hahhaa

[pet]

after fishing, shopping at the mall in JB, did u and louis some other places that u dun want to mention? haha.

louis wanted, i prevented him ... hahahahahhahaaa
hmmm... no lah, it was for a quickie......quickie fishing nia... hhahaha

[pet]

i thou it should be the other way.....u die die want to go while louis will try to hold u back and drag u back to singapore....and pass thru numerous ERP and kanna jialat jialat.

hahaha......ya loh, next time dont bring ah oh there... hahahhaaha
let me boh kang tao .... hahaha

i still waiting for lsb chairman to bring me ard...