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SINGAPORE – Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) charges at all gantries will stay suspended for at least another month until July 26, after which new rates might take effect.
The first review of ERP rates by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) after the circuit breaker period showed that road conditions did not warrant road charges to be reinstituted.
The transport authority said upon the review’s completion on Monday (June 22): “Based on LTA’s monitoring of traffic conditions, traffic speeds on expressways and arterial roads in early June have remained optimal.
“ERP rates at all gantries will therefore remain at zero until the next ERP rate review.”
The outcome of the next ERP rate review will be announced in the fourth week of July and new rates, if any, will take effect on July 27.
ERP gantries have been switched off since April 6, as activity across the island was slowed down by circuit breaker regulations to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
Traffic volume shrank by an average of 60 per cent since January between April and May.
Accidents had also fallen by more than 40 per cent since April 7 by May.
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