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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->WITH the Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway (KPE) in operation, directing many motorists away from the north-bound Central Expressway (CTE), will the Land Transport Authority (LTA) explain why the Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) gantry after Jalan Bahagia still operates until 10.30pm - the only gantry in operation after 8pm? Traffic volume along the CTE towards the Seletar Expressway has fallen drastically, especially after 8pm, because of the KPE.
If any expressway with ERP is congested during ERP operating hours due to a traffic accident, will the LTA consider suspending ERP charges so that motorists caught in the jam are not penalised? If the vehicular speed along the expressway is less than 45kmh (LTA's benchmark) due to a traffic accident, it is no fault of other motorists on the road.
Daniel Chew
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->WITH the Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway (KPE) in operation, directing many motorists away from the north-bound Central Expressway (CTE), will the Land Transport Authority (LTA) explain why the Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) gantry after Jalan Bahagia still operates until 10.30pm - the only gantry in operation after 8pm? Traffic volume along the CTE towards the Seletar Expressway has fallen drastically, especially after 8pm, because of the KPE.
If any expressway with ERP is congested during ERP operating hours due to a traffic accident, will the LTA consider suspending ERP charges so that motorists caught in the jam are not penalised? If the vehicular speed along the expressway is less than 45kmh (LTA's benchmark) due to a traffic accident, it is no fault of other motorists on the road.
Daniel Chew
