The Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) has announced that cashless or contactless toll collection in major toll expressways is set to be re-implemented beginning March 15, 2025.
This comes months after the dry-run of contactless transactions program, the TRB said.
According to TRB, toll expressway users are required to have valid Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) device or Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) sticker installed on their vehicles.
Implementation of cashless/contactless toll payments will optimize the use of all toll plazas through the ETC System.
Motor vehicles without valid ETC Device/RFID sticker will be allowed to enter the toll lane/plaza and shall be installed with an ETC Device/RFID sticker.
Though allowed to pass through toll plazas, motor vehicles without valid RFIDs will be issued a Temporary Operator’s Permit or a Show Cause Order for violating the “No Valid ETC Device, No Entry” Policy.
“The Land Transportation Office – Philippines (LTO), through its deputized personnel, will issue against them either a Temporary Operator’s Permit or Show Cause Order for violating the “No Valid ETC Device, No Entry” Policy under the DOTr/LTO/TRB’s Joint Memorandum Circular No. 2024-001, and will be meted the corresponding penalty/ies,” the TRB said.
In explaining the directive, the TRB noted “dedicated toll lanes used by cash paying motorists are usually congested with long lines of motor vehicles, and the same often hamper the fast and efficient flow of traffic leading to the ETC designated lanes.”
“It is expected that a better and more efficient flow of traffic will result once these lanes are strictly used for ETC only,” it added.The TRB encouraged motorists to have their vehicles installed with RFIDs as installation and loading stations are available inside and outside of expressways.
