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July 19, 2008 New design of ERP gantries draw praise from motorists By Aw Cheng Wei First unveiled on July 7 when five gantries downtown became operational, the new-style display has since been set up on 40 of 65 gantries in use. -- ST PHOTO: NG SOR LUAN MOTORISTS are giving the thumbs up to ERP charges - at least the way the amount payable is displayed on gantries. Snazzy colourful icons of vehicles and the amount motorists have to pay at various times are now revealed brightly in a panel at the top of the gantry. First unveiled on July 7 when five gantries downtown became operational, the new-style display has since been set up on 40 of 65 gantries in use. By Nov 3, the panels, each costing about $65,000, will be on 70 gantries. This is when five more gantries will come onstream in places like Commonwealth Avenue, Jalan Bukit Merah and Alexandra Road. Previously, the gantries flashed out only this fact - ERP in operation - with the fee displayed in a panel at the roadside, and that only for some gantries. A spokesman for the Land Transport Authority said the fee payable can now be read 100m from the gantry. So motorists will have an idea of what they will have to pay the next time they travel that way around that time. http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/...10.html?vgnmr=1