San Miguel Corp. said that the flow of traffic along its expressways and toll plazas was generally smooth during the first day of the mandatory implementation of cashless toll collections.
In a statement, the company said that traffic situation along STAR Tollway, Southern Luzon Expressway, the Skyway System, NAIA Expressway, and Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEX) was generally “smooth and peaceful” as of 10:45 a.m.
Although vehicles formed queues at the designated RFID installation lanes, the company said that these “did not contribute to any major or sustained traffic gridlock in and out of the expressways, and did not affect motorists who were already using the electronic toll collection lanes.”
“As we announced recently, all our expressways are fully equipped to comply with the government mandate for 100% cashless toll collection. Based on up-to-date reports we have been receiving and live footage from our CCTV monitoring systems, we did not have any major problems at our expressways this morning–the first day of implementation, which is also the first working day coming from a long weekend,” SMC president Ramon S. Ang said.
“There was a momentary buildup near Sto. Tomas, Batangas, lasting only about an hour. We also had the usual lines at RFID installation lanes, but these were within normal levels and did not cause major traffic for other motorists at the carriageways and the toll plazas,” he added.
“There was a momentary buildup near Sto. Tomas, Batangas, lasting only about an hour. We also had the usual lines at RFID installation lanes, but these were within normal levels and did not cause major traffic for other motorists at the carriageways and the toll plazas,” he added.
Ang said that the smooth flow of traffic can be attributed to the fact that most regular users of the southern expressways have already secured their Autosweep RFID stickers and were already using electronic toll collection lanes with ease.