We thank Mr Pavithran Vidyadharan (Give 48-hour grace period to settle ERP violations, 11 Apr) and Mr David Tan Cheng Peng (Make ERP payment system more efficient with grace period, 13 Apr) for their letters on providing a 48-hour grace period for Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) violations.

Motorists are required to pay the relevant ERP charges when they pass through the ERP gantry. LTA incurs additional costs in collecting outstanding ERP charges from motorists who fail to do so. The administrative fee is intended to cover these additional costs, so that these costs are not passed on to taxpayers.

Apart from using physical stored value cards, motorists can choose to pay their ERP charges via EzPay, vCashCard or MotorPay. With these services, motorists no longer need to insert their stored value cards into their in-vehicle units (IUs) as the ERP transactions will be charged directly to their bank cards. Owners of vehicles with dual-mode IUs may also sign up for services such as EZ-Reload to automatically top up their stored value cards. More information on these services are available on the OneMotoring website (https://www.onemotoring.com.sg).

Grace Ong
Director, Transportation Technology
Land Transport Authority