Trials for the multi-lane quick circulate (MLFF) toll assortment system will begin subsequent yr, in response to deputy works minister Datuk Seri Abdul Rahman Mohamad.

He mentioned that MLFF will mix automated quantity plate recognition (ANPR, an instance of which is already being utilized by shopping center parking) and RFID applied sciences to allow automobiles to drive by way of toll gates with out limitations. This could imply smoother circulate and fewer congestion at toll plazas. He was responding to a query by Alor Setar MP Afnan Hamimi Taib Azamudden in parliament as we speak.

Final month, it was reported {that a} non-public sector proposal for the implementation of the MLFF, supported by the federal government, is going through resistance from toll concessionaires, who really feel that any resolution ought to come from inside the business.

A gathering organised by the Malaysian Freeway Authority (LLM) and the works ministry three months in the past noticed concessionaires introduced with a proposal to implement MLFF by way of a privately held firm that’s 60% managed by an area conglomerate with pursuits in energy, telecommunications and development companies, in response to The Edge.

Freeway concessionaires current on the assembly have been briefed on the idea of the proposed MLFF system that may price an estimated RM3.46 billion for the 33 highways at present in Malaysia. In accordance with the enterprise publication’s sources, the proposal centralises operations, upkeep and collections in any respect toll cubicles.

“The concessionaires are open to any proposal for MLFF, nevertheless it must be a clear course of. If there’s going to be a change to the MLFF system, there must be a request for proposals from a number of corporations,” an government current on the assembly informed The Edge.

“Why should it’s given to anybody firm that doesn’t actually have a observe file in toll assortment? And the method to nominate the corporate with the mandate to implement the MLFF must be managed by the concessionaires, not the federal government or any of the companies beneath it,” the particular person added.

Works minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi mentioned in July that he hopes to get an earlier settlement with the businesses to ensure that MLFF to be carried out by the tip of 2024. By the way in which, ANPR and RFID are already working collectively at toll plazas – right here’s how.

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