Cabinet agrees to free flow system to reduce congestion at tolls
Works minister Fadillah Yusof says the initiative will no longer feature boom gates.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Cabinet has agreed in principle to create a multi-lane free flow (MLFF) toll collection system for highways in Malaysia, says works minister Fadillah Yusof.
Fadillah said through this initiative, toll bars or boom gates would no longer be used and this would reduce congestion at toll plazas.
“Our goal is to achieve this by 2025. The next step is to negotiate with the concessionaires on this so that road users will have easier access to highways,” he said at an event here tonight.
The MLFF is a barrier-free toll system without toll booths and dedicated lanes. It uses a gantry structure equipped with automated number plate recognition (ANPR) at specific locations.
Fadillah added that the ministry was actively carrying out various initiatives to improve the safety of road users and this included adding weighing sensors to detect overloaded lorries on the road.
He said the sensor known as “weigh-in-motion” could help overcome congestion and road damage.
“Previously, overloaded lorries had to go through a weighing centre managed by the road transport department.
“However, the ministry received an allocation of RM50 million and it has installed scales on the road without the need for vehicles to enter the weighing centre.”
Through the use of the sensor, he said it would automatically detect if a lorry was too heavy, adding that legal action would be taken against transport companies that break the law.
Fadillah said the ministry was aware that traffic congestion worsened after the Covid-19 pandemic.
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“Hopefully, these new initiatives can help ease congestion in the country.”