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Driving to Sentosa will be a breeze when a new cashless payment system kicks in from July .

The existing gantry booths at the entrance to the island at Sentosa Gateway will also be relocated and shifted further in to ease congestion near the Telok Blangah junction.

Admissions to the island from next Tuesday will be processed at new gantry booths which have been set up about 400m after the vehicular bridge, said a statement from Sentosa Leisure Group on Thursday, announcing the changes.

After drivers cross the Sentosa bridge, they will coast along on a two-lane road which will fan out into seven lanes to expedite entry. Six lanes will be operational from July 1. A seventh lane will open next year.

The new gantry booths will continue to be manned by Sentosa's Admission Hosts.

To facilitate entry, drive-in guests will pay for their island admission and vehicle charges via the CashCard inserted in their in-vehicle unit. Deduction for Malaysian registered vehicles will be done using the Autopass.

The admission rates which are $2 per person and $2 per vehicle remain unchanged for now.

To keep the traffic flow smooth, Sentosa is calling on all guests who drive in to ensure they have sufficient value in their cash cards.

The cashless admission system is part of Sentosa's long-term traffic management plan.

Explained Mr Low Tien Sio, Executive Director of Special Projects, 'We are bolstering the island infrastructure for a much bigger capacity, and going electronic will help bring about faster through-put at admissions, and hence keep the traffic flowing smoothly.'

The new electronic system will cut the average processing time from the current 1 minute to 10 seconds, said Sentosa.

An average of 1,000 passenger vehicles carrying leisure guests pass through admissions on weekdays, and the number goes up to about 3,000 vehicles on weekends.

If passenger Refuse to Pay Or
We forgot to Take from Passenger
Is a loss for Us idea.gif

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Can the gantry detect how many pax inside the veh. ??

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uncle_dan wrote:

Can the gantry detect how many pax inside the veh. ??





I think there will be special lanes for Taxi only,because Taxi are free to enter.smile.gif

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Taxi Driver is Free
Passenger Inside Taxi Is Not FREE idea.gif

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its a big hassle for taxis...we use our cashcard & ask paxs to pay us...then disputes...for pte cars ok but have they address taxis entry with tourists?idea.gif

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hotel guests are free right?
everytime when i go in, i mention the hotel name n we can move-in freely.
dont know if this would works after july. smile.gif

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Payment made thru IU no problem mah...
It will auto add up in the fare upon stop button being press mah...

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taxiuncle wrote:

hotel guests are free right?
everytime when i go in, i mention the hotel name n we can move-in freely.
dont know if this would works after july. smile.gif






What about the staff who currently show their pass to get free entry?

Could any bro please enlighten. Thanks.smile.gif

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bro bluenuts

you know how many times when iu shows erp cost i press stop but forgot to press k4 lol...i so kuku sometimes mahcry.gif

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bro bluenuts

you know how many times when iu shows erp cost i press stop but forgot to press k4 lol...i so kuku sometimes mahcry.gif





Huh !! Must press K4 meh..??? I have never done that confused.gif

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Huh?? I thought whatever amount on the IU will show up on the MDT after you had stopped the meter? Pressing K4 is to show the total amount when there's no MDT (This I know because SMART got no MDT and must press K4)

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Bro fairfare,

I was like you did not press k4 sometimes so did not collect erp charges from pax. I did not have the habit of looking at mdt when collecting payment so not get use to it always depend on taxi meter. While driving for silvercab once I press stop everything add up . Comfort equipment so advance but taxi meter so lousy.

Bro bluenuts,

Payment by IU no problem but we need to top up our cashcard more often imagine more and more ERP coming. We are not given commission to help LTA collect payment from pax.

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You can try write in to LTA on that commission matter bro bryan, or you can top up your cash card more and STOP 4getting to collect the ERP charges.

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fairfare wrote:

bro bluenuts

you know how many times when iu shows erp cost i press stop but forgot to press k4 lol...i so kuku sometimes mahcry.gif





Bros,

I thought..during our journey ..if there are erp charges reflected on the IU.... when we reached destination n pressed meter stop ...everything will total at the MDT..

why press K4 ?...did i miss something ?

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bros, drive, mecabby & fairfare,

pressing K4, the total fare, including all surcharges will appear on meter.
of course, the MDT will show total with b/down.....
but most pax will only look at meter n dun even notice wat's on d MDT.




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