NLEX Corp. relocates RFID installation, reloading web-sites to relieve site visitors congestion

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TOLL OPERATORS will nonetheless be required to have lanes for the set up of RFID stickers beyond Jan. 11. — PHILIPPINE STAR/MICHAEL VARCAS

TOLL highway operator NLEX Corp. reported on Thursday it would relocate some of its radio-frequency identification (RFID) set up and reloading stations from toll plazas in Valenzuela Metropolis to ease targeted visitors congestion in the region.

In an e-mailed assertion, the company claimed it would transfer the present RFID sticker installation and account reloading stations in the Karuhatan and Mindanao toll plazas “in buy to boost traffic flow in the close by parts.”

On Monday, the Valenzuela Town governing administration suspended NLEX Corp.’s small business permit for the Karuhatan-Mindanao Avenue Toll Plaza, Karuhatan-Harborlink Toll Plaza, Karuhatan-MacArthur Highway Sub-Exit, Mindanao Avenue Toll Plaza, Paso de Blas Toll Plaza North Bound, Paso de Blas Toll Plaza South Bound, and Lawang Bato Toll Booth.

Valenzuela City Mayor Rex T. Gatchalian desires the business to current “clear and concrete solutions” to troubles encountered by NLEX people before lifting the permit suspension, which prohibits the enterprise from accumulating fees at individuals toll booths. 

In his letter to the business on Dec. 9, Mr. Gatchalian noted there are RFID stickers that effortlessly use out, sensors that can not immediately go through RFID stickers, and lacking and/or untimely crediting of loads, among other folks. 

“We have well prepared our action options to handle these fears,” NLEX Corp. said.

“While the very first day of the comprehensive implementation of the Department of Transportation (DoTR) Order 2020-12 requiring cashless and contactless transactions on 1 December mixed with the surge of Manila-bound commuters from the extensive holiday getaway, the seasonal make-up, the lifting of the truck ban and quantity coding scheme induced inconvenience and delays, nonetheless, we wish to guarantee our shoppers that we will go on working difficult to strengthen their daily expressway journey,” it included.