Tag: tollways

Valenzuela City mayor Gatchalian lifts suspension of NLEX business permit, sets conditions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6WsBiu_O3A&pbjreload=101 (Eagle News) — Valenzuela City mayor Rex Gatchalian has lifted the suspension that his city government had imposed on the business permit of the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) Corporation, but with conditions that it would prevent a repeat of the previous traffic gridlock due to problems with the RFID implementation. Gatchalian said that the conditions are necessary so that NLEX would realize that the complaints of the riding public and motorists should not be […]

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House Speaker Velasco urges extension of installation of RFID stickers until March 2021

https://youtu.be/yQVOd_ebSWI (Eagle News) — House Speaker Lord Allan Jay Velasco urged the Department of Transportation to extend the period for the installation of radio-frequency identification (RFID) stickers to March next year, instead of January 11. In a statement, Velasco said that “at the rate things are going” it would be difficult to have all 6.1 million registered vehicles in Metro Manila, Central Luzon and Calabarzon to be provided with RFID stickers by Jan. 11, 2021 […]

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DOTr: Cashless transactions on all tollways required by Nov. 2

(Eagle News)–The Department of Transportation is requiring toll expressways to implement cashless transactions for all vehicles by Nov. 2. In a statement, the DOTr said covered by the policy were the following identified limited access facilities: South Luzon Expressway (SLEX), Manila-Cavite Toll Expressway (CAVITEX), North Luzon Expressway (NLEX), South Metro Manila Skyway, Southern Tagalog Arterial Road (STAR) Tollway, Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX), Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAX), and “all other road networks, including any extension of the existing […]

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DOTr to require contactless transactions at tollways

(Eagle News)–The Department of Transportation will soon be requiring cashless or contactless transactions at tollways. In a statement, the DOTr said  Transportation Secretary Art Tugade has signed Department Order 2020-012, which directed concerned agencies of the DOTr  to formulate new processes and procedures within three  months to ensure the smooth implementation of the new policy. The DOTr said the move “would complement other health protocols now being enforced by the government, such as physical distancing, […]

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