The Ministry Of PUPR Continues To Perfect The Implementation Of The MLFF System

Illustration. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) through the Directorate General of Public Works and Housing Infrastructure Financing continues to make improvements related to the plan to implement a contactless non-contact toll transaction system or Multi Lane Free Flow (MLFF).

"Currently, improvements are still being carried out on the plan to implement a contactless non-contact toll transaction system so that it can be applied and used by the toll road users. Because it is still in the transition stage, the MLFF system is not directly applied in full but is applied in stages until everything is ready," said Director General of PUPR Infrastructure Financing Triono Junoasmono in his statement in Jakarta, quoted from Antara, Tuesday, July 30.

The MLFF system is implemented using the KPBU (Government Cooperation with Business Entities) scheme with the Implementing Business Entity, namely PT Roatex Indonesia Toll System (RITS) which won the auction in 2021 for a concession period of 9 years.

For information, the Director General of Public Works and Housing Infrastructure Financing of the Ministry of PUPR, Triono Junoasmono, made a field visit to see the readiness of the toll payment system with contactless non-stop technology or Multi Lane Free Flow at the Ngurah Rai toll gate, Bali.

The Ministry of PUPR previously issued PUPR Regulation Number 18 of 2020 concerning Contactless Non-Cash Toll Transactions on Toll Roads and then with the issuance of Government Regulation Number 23 of 2024 concerning Toll Roads, MLFF is officially one of the toll road transaction systems in Indonesia.

For information, MLFF is a toll payment system based on the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) technology and makes transactions through toll road special applications on smartphones.

Furthermore, GPS will determine the location determined by satellite and the map-matching process will run on the central system.

Users only need to download an application called Cantas on a smartphone, register by filling in personal data, and ensure the availability of balances before entering the toll gate.

The purpose of implementing contactless toll transactions (Mlti Lane Free Flow/MLFF) is to improve toll road services to the public.

MLFF aims to reduce delays when on toll roads, and can reduce travel time so as to increase the competitiveness of the road network system, and to allow fair pricing concepts to be carried out, namely charging rates according to the roads taken by road users.