To ease congestion, the Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) rates at seven locations will increase by S$1 from April 3.

Based on the Land Transport Authority’s (LTA) monitoring of traffic conditions in February, traffic has built up at several stretches of expressways, the authority said in a statement on Tuesday (Mar 28).

In response, ERP rates will be raised during 16 time periods.

The affected locations are:

• Ayer-Rajah Expressway (AYE) after Jurong Town Hall towards city

• South-bound Central Expressway (CTE) before Braddell Road

• South-bound CTE after Braddell Road and the Pan-Island Expressway (PIE) slip road to south-bound CTE

• South-bound CTE auxiliary lane to PIE (Changi)/Serangoon Road

• PIE (Adam and Mount Pleasant)

• Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway (KPE) (East Coast Parkway) after Defu Flyover

• West-bound PIE before Eunos

For the set of three gantries on the AYE after Jurong Town Hall towards the city, motorists will pay S$2 from 7.30am to 8am from April 3, and S$1 from 9.30am to 10am.

For the gantry on south-bound CTE before Braddell Road, motorists will have to fork out S$2 for the 7am to 7.30am and 7.30am to 8am time periods, up from the current S$1.

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Meanwhile, the set of four gantries at the south-bound CTE after Braddell Road and PIE slip road to south-bound CTE will have its rates adjusted to S$2 from 7.30am to 8am, and S$4 from 8am to 8.30am.

For the gantry on the south-bound CTE auxiliary lane to PIE (Changi)/Serangoon Road, motorists will pay S$2 from 7.30am to 8am, and S$5 from 8.30am to 9am.

For the set of two gantries at PIE (Adam and Mount Pleasant), motorists will pay S$2 for the 7.30am to 8am and 8am to 8.30am time periods, up from the current S$1.

For the gantry at KPE (ECP) after Defu Flyover, motorists will need to pay S$1 from 7am to 7.30am, S$5 from 8.30am to 9am, S$2 from 9am to 9.30am and S$1 from 9.30am to 10am.

Lastly, the gantry at the west-bound PIE before Eunos will charge S$1 for the 7.30am to 8am and 8am to 8.30am time periods.

With these adjustments, the number of locations and time slots charged is still lower than the number charged before the Covid-19 pandemic, LTA said.

ERP rates were last adjusted in February, when an increase of S$1 was implemented in five locations during nine time slots. THE STRAITS TIMES