NLEX Corp. on Sunday bared upgrading its electronic toll collection and traffic management systems at the 84-kilometer North Luzon Expressway to provide safer and convenient travel for motorists.
The P282.5 million project includes upgrading the various servers and installation of new radio frequency identification (RFID) antennas and speed cameras to boost the processing of toll transactions and the implementation of traffic regulations.
Around 80 toll lanes at NLEX will be equipped with new antennas to facilitate more efficient RFID transactions and four speed cameras will be installed in both the Tarlac and Subic-bound portions of SCTEX to further track speeding vehicles.
An 80 kilometers per hour maximum limit is set for trucks and buses but 100 kph maximum for cars and sport utility vehicles. Traffic officers use real-time data from the cameras to flag down those going beyond the maximum speed limits.
Various servers at NLEX-SCTEX will also be upgraded for improved performance and reliability.
NLEX Corporation president and general manager J. Luigi L. Bautista said the enhancements “are part of the company’s thrust in providing safer and more convenient journeys along with the drive for continuous innovation and customer service excellence.”
Over the past two years, the company implemented system enhancements and equipped its facilities with new devices to improve its level of service.
Last year, close to 150 toll fare indicators, lane status indicators, traffic control gates, automatic vehicle classification devices, and loop detectors were upgraded at NLEX-SCTEX, in addition to the software upgrade and system migration that boosted operational efficiency and enabled better customer experience at the toll plazas.
The company also upgraded the RFID system and network switches, realigned the RFID antennas, automatic license plate recognition (ALPR), and contactless card readers.
