SEREMBAN: Toll concessionaire PLUS will introduce the gantry system to collect toll electronically along all its closed highways as early as 2018.
PLUS chief operating officer Muhammad Fuad Khusairi said the move was to check traffic congestion at toll plazas.
The concessionaire was looking at several systems which had been implemented in other countries.
“Under the system, a gadget or sticker will have to be installed on the windscreen of vehicles. The toll will be calculated using the Radio Frequency Identification or RFID system.
“There will also be a CCTV network installed on the gantries. The system will be able to tell the amount that needed to be deducted electronically from the vehicle owner’s account with us,” he said.
On a separate matter, Muhammad Fuad said all toll transactions at the Mambau and Lukut plazas along the Seremban-Port Dickson Highway (SPDH) would be collected electronically from June 1.
Five other toll plazas will also go fully electronic this year. These are Jitra, Penang Bridge, Bukit Kayu Hitam and Butterworth-Kulim Expressway (two toll plazas).
Keyword: PLUS planning gantry toll system as early as 2018