New drive-in admission to Sentosa from July

DRIVING to Sentosa will be a breeze when a new cashless payment system kicks in from July .

The existing gantry booths at the entrance to the island at Sentosa Gateway will also be relocated and shifted further in to ease congestion near the Telok Blangah junction.

Admissions to the island from next Tuesday will be processed at new gantry booths which have been set up about 400m after the vehicular bridge, said a statement from Sentosa Leisure Group on Thursday, announcing the changes.

After drivers cross the Sentosa bridge, they will coast along on a two-lane road which will fan out into seven lanes to expedite entry. Six lanes will be operational from July 1. A seventh lane will open next year.

The new gantry booths will continue to be manned by Sentosa's Admission Hosts.

To facilitate entry, drive-in guests will pay for their island admission and vehicle charges via the CashCard inserted in their in-vehicle unit. Deduction for Malaysian registered vehicles will be done using the Autopass.

The admission rates which are $2 per person and $2 per vehicle remain unchanged for now.

To keep the traffic flow smooth, Sentosa is calling on all guests who drive in to ensure they have sufficient value in their cash cards.

The cashless admission system is part of Sentosa?s long-term traffic management plan.

Explained Mr Low Tien Sio, Executive Director of Special Projects, 'We are bolstering the island infrastructure for a much bigger capacity, and going electronic will help bring about faster through-put at admissions, and hence keep the traffic flowing smoothly.'

The new electronic system will cut the average processing time from the current 1 minute to 10 seconds, said Sentosa.

An average of 1,000 passenger vehicles carrying leisure guests pass through admissions on weekdays, and the number goes up to about 3,000 vehicles on weekends.

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下月起 开车进入圣淘沙将改用现金卡付费

新加坡讯）从7月1日清晨6时30分起，圣淘沙岛将改用无现金的收费系统，让驾车者及德士乘客使用现金卡支付入岛费。
　　

圣淘沙岛的入岛费维持不变，改变的只是收费形式，以减少车辆通关付费所需的时间。
　　

当无现金收费系统启用时，通往圣淘沙的入口道路将增至6条车道，方便驾车者进入圣淘沙。另一条巴士车道则预计在明年启用。
　　

原本设在新加坡本岛上的收费站也将停止使用，新收费站将往圣淘沙岛内移，以避免直落布兰雅路（Telok Blangah）交界处的交通过于拥挤。
　　

这一系列舒缓交通流量的措施，旨在多管齐下应付2010年圣淘沙综合度假胜地开幕后的车辆流量。

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