Multi-lane fast flow (MLFF) – first pilot project to begin at Besraya end-October, second POC in near future

Another update regarding the implementation of the projected multi-lane accelerated travel (MLFF) toll postulation system, which is scheduled to beryllium successful spot by 2025. Earlier this month, works curate Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi said that the authorities would conduct a impervious of conception (POC) for MLFF earlier the extremity of October 2023 to measure the strategy – for which RM3.46 cardinal has been allocated – earlier it is implemented for each highways successful the country.

Now, the determination of the archetypal POC has been identified. In a station connected his Facebook page, the works curate said that the Sungai Besi Expressway (Besraya) has been chosen arsenic the archetypal aviator location, with the implementation acceptable to beryllium completed by the extremity of October.

He said that the ministry is besides successful discussions with different road concessionaires to unafraid a 2nd POC location, and that an announcement connected this volition beryllium made successful the adjacent future. The POCs volition let authorities and work providers the quality to analyse method and ineligible issues and robust them out.

The MLFF aviator volition besides proceedings the open outgo system for toll postulation to beryllium trialled alongside it. It was antecedently announced that five highways would statesman moving an unfastened toll outgo strategy – which allows motorists to usage recognition and debit cards to wage for toll charges – by September, and Besraya is 1 of them.

Besraya has been successful the quality for MLFF before. In September 2021, it was reported that Green Packet, unneurotic with Taiwan-based FETC International Co (FETCi), was acceptable to statesman the country’s archetypal ever MLFF POC successful aboriginal 2022. The determination of that POC? Besraya, with the POC determination specifically identified astatine KM5.5 northbound. Will the upcoming MLFF POC beryllium astatine the aforesaid location?

Still connected the taxable of MLFF, it volition present beryllium known arsenic multi-lane accelerated travel alternatively of by its cosmopolitan “free flow” descriptor. Announcing the alteration successful a FB station past week, Nanta said that this was to debar disorder among road users that usage of the strategy is escaped (well, you know, Malaysians), and so, moving forward, it volition beryllium present termed arsenic accelerated flow.

The station Multi-lane accelerated travel (MLFF) – archetypal aviator task to statesman astatine Besraya end-October, 2nd POC successful adjacent future appeared archetypal connected Paul Tan's Automotive News.