ERP project stalled at Finance Ministry

JAKARTA: Deputy Governor Prijanto said the application of the electronic road pricing (ERP) system was delayed because the city had not secured permission from the Finance Ministry.

"We sent a letter to the finance minister, but we haven't received an answer," he said Thursday.

Prijanto added that certain important programs in the city, including the ERP and a river dredging project, were related to the central government, which resulted in longer bureaucratic processes.

ERP is a new project involving surveillance cameras and microchips, which will force drivers carrying less than three passengers to pay extra fees when using certain high-occupancy roads.

In a bid to ease worsening traffic congestion, the city is also considering using a system in which cars with odd and even numbered license plates would take turns using the roads. The idea has never been implemented. - JP