MANILA, Philippines — Cashless toll payments should only be fully implemented until these are “fully operational and are interoperable,” the House of Representatives said Wednesday. The House adopted Wednesday a resolution urging the transportation department to defer the full implementation of the RFID system at tollways. For one, the Toll Regulatory Board has yet to submit clear guidelines, plans and timelines on the implementation of cashless toll payments and interoperability among different payment systems. Private concessionaires also admitted that they have only installed around 1.7 million RFID stickers, when there are more than six million vehicles in Metro Manila, Central Luzon and Calabarzon. The House’s adoption of a resolution on the cashless toll payments come on the heels of the Senate’s adoption of a similar resolution calling on the transportation department to suspend its implementation.

Source: Philippine Star December 16, 2020 09:00 UTC