An update on the Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) system, which was supposed to have begun operating in August 1 last year, but was then postponed to October 1, at which point its introduction was delayed yet again. A new timeframe for its implementation has been given – according to the Johor state government, the VEP is set to be implemented by June, The Star reports.
State Public Works, Rural and Regional Development Committee chairman Datuk Hasni Mohammad said the project is undergoing field testing at both the Causeway and the Second Link entry points, and the state hoped the project will proceed as planned with no more delays.
Hasni said that each vehicle lane at the checkpoints was equipped with cameras and sensors to identify vehicle number plates and RFID tags, and that the gantry at the checkpoint will not open if the RFID did not match the car’s number plate.
Presently, however, the radio frequency identification (RFID) tags have not yet been issued. “We have yet to issue the smartcode RFID tags,” he explained, adding that they were still ironing out glitches and will soon finalise how to distribute the tags to vehicle owners. Currently, around 120,000 owners of Singaporean vehicles have registered for the VEP and RC (road charges) that will be levied on foreign vehicles entering the country.
As indicated in previous reports, Hasni said the the payment of the RM20 VEP fee per entry is payable only via a Touch ‘n Go card. A portion of the VEP collection will be given to the state government for road maintenance.
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Delay, delay and delay, typical gov style
Singapore can still stay and live happily without JB and Malaysia.
But we can’t live and survive without economically Mighty Singapore. PERIOD
Are you kidding me? Can Singapore exist alone as an island without natural resource from Malaysia? How they can get clean water supply?Oil? Etc..Singapore is only fortunate for being located strategically in the middle of East-West trading routes.Don’t to be arrogant. Each country needs each other to be prosper.
Here we go again.. jokes never stops.. OPEN ALL YOUR BOOTH since you’ve collected TOL & going to collect VEP. Can you? Why currently still 3 out of 8 booth per 4 lanes? Why now bother to check each and every car’s boot while still having “green lane”? Mana you Punya System? SLA? Money collected and jam became worse? Wanna compete with ERP daylight “rxxbery”?
So now for new cars or car that not yet register for the VEP still need to apply now?
If yes. Which website/s and/or link to go to?
Thanks in advance