After Lebaran, Pay For Contactless Toll Roads Ready To Be Slowly Implemented Starting June 2023

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JAKARTA - After Eid 2023, the toll road service system through the implementation of the Multi Lane Free Flow (MLFF) Non-Cash Toll Road transaction system will be tested in June 2023. The trial plan will first be implemented on the Bali Mandara Toll Road.

Secretary General of the Ministry of PUPR Mohammad Zainal Fatah said that the MLFF system trial plan in June 2023 certainly needs to be prepared properly everything to support the implementation of the contactless toll transaction system.

"Because we will start testing in June, we don't want to give users an imperfect picture of the system. Therefore, PT Roatex should immediately take quick steps to ensure that this application has been simulated and can be tested in a good way," said Zainal Fatah, some time ago, quoted on Tuesday, March 28.

According to him, [the use of the contactless non-cash transaction system or MLFF in toll transactions will eliminate the queues of vehicles as is still found in the current e-toll transaction system.

"We are optimistic that this forum can increase public understanding of the importance of implementing the MLFF toll transaction system, providing comprehensive information to the public regarding the toll transaction system which will gradually move from eToll non-cash transactions to a more effective, efficient and transparent transaction system," he explained.

In the 2015-2022 period, the government has completed the construction of 1,809 km of toll roads, including the connecting of the Trans Java Toll Road and the start of the Trans Sumatra Toll Road as the backbone of the national economy. It is targeted that the length of the toll road will operate in 2024 to 3,488 km.

Head of the Toll Road Regulatory Agency, Danang Parikesit, said that so far the preparation for implementing MLFF system transactions has reached 50 percent. For the implementation of contactless payments on the Bali Mandara Toll Road, it will still be a trial to ensure the reliability of tools, application reliability, and camera reliability, including data integration owned by the MLFF system with police data.

"The current progress of the work is around 50 percent, so we are waiting because one of the big achievements is the trial, as soon as the trial is completed, we will report it to the Minister. Later he decides to implement the first commercially, so later the one on the Bali Mandara Toll Road is a trial, not yet commercial," said Danang.

This MLFF system uses the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) technology and makes transactions through the Cantas application which is integrated with ERI (Electronic Registration and Identification) data or vehicle ownership data owned by the Korlantas Polri. One of the benefits of the presence of this MLFF transaction system is the efficiency of operating costs and also minimizing vehicle fuel.

"At the ultimat stage there is no gate, but the Minister reminded us to make sure all income is acceptable or about no one has passed. The Minister suggested that we start by installing the gate first, we will see a transaction of 4-7 seconds if using the gate, but if we don't use a gate of zero seconds," concluded Danang.