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| Saturday ERP At Orchard Road Area To Start From 8 October 2005 |
Starting from 8 October 2005, there will be Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) charging for motorists travelling to the Orchard Road area from 12.00 noon to 8.00pm on Saturdays. Motorists who wish to drive into the Orchard Road area will need to pay an ERP charge of $0.50 during the ERP operating hours. This applies to the two new ERP gantries - located near Handy Road and after the YMCA - that demarcate the Orchard Road cordon. To encourage motorists to use alternative routes, other than Orchard Road, to get to their destinations outside the Orchard Road area, there will be ERP charging at the Handy Road gantry. The ERP rates for Saturdays are as follows:
* Rates are for per Passenger Car Unit (PCU) Motorists are advised to ensure that there is sufficient value on their CashCard and to insert their CashCard into the In-vehicle Unit (IU). The rates will be adjusted accordingly following the next ERP rate review in November 2005. Full Day Bus Lane Motorists are also encouraged to use public transport for some of their trips to relieve congestion on our roads. In line with the extension of ERP operating hours, the bus lane along Orchard Road, from Paterson Road to Dhoby Ghaut, will also be in operation from 7.30am to 8.00pm to help improve travel by public bus services. Implementation of ERP at Orchard From 3 October 2005, the Orchard Road area was separated from the rest of the Central Business District (CBD), and ERP rates for the two cordons are now priced separately to better reflect traffic conditions in the two areas. While ERP operating hours for the Orchard Road area were extended to 8.00pm on weekdays, and from 12.00 noon to 8.00pm on Saturdays, there is zero charging on weekday mornings. |
