New ERP 2.0 feature will make payments easier

Admin fee for failure to pay toll charges waived if motorists settle within 5 days

- Esther Loi

From Oct 1, the $10 administrative charge levied on motorists who fail to pay Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) charges when they pass gantries will be waived if they settle their missed toll charges within a five-day grace period, Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat said on Aug 30.

The move comes ahead of a new feature that will be rolled out in mid-2025 on the next-generation ERP 2.0 on-board unit (OBU) that will alert motorists to missed payments as well as facilitate payments, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said on the same day.

Mr Chee told reporters that the roll-out of the satellite-based ERP 2.0 system means motorists can eventually make such payments via the OBU's display.

"With the installation of ERP 2.0, there's no longer a need for us to send them a letter, and therefore, there's no longer a need for LTA to charge them the $10 admin fee," Mr Chee said at the Ministry of Transport's office in Alexandra Road.

The installation of the OBUS will be completed by 2026. To date, they have been installed in about 100,000 vehicles, Mr Chee said.

As only about 10 per cent of Singapore's total vehicle population is fitted with the new OBUS, Mr Chee said the move to waive the administrative charge was an interim solution that will benefit all motorists without needing to wait for ERP 2.0 to be fully installed.

At present, if a motorist does not pay ERP charges because of a defective in-vehicle unit, an expired or improperly inserted stored-value card, or insufficient value in the card, the motorist will receive a letter within several days.