Jakarta to send civil servants to Singapore to learn about ERP

The Jakarta administration is set to send more civil servants to Singapore to learn about electronic road pricing (ERP). 

Several civil servants were already sent to Singapore from Nov. 7 – 11 to learn about the technology, which the city state implemented a couple of years ago.

During a workshop on the ERP at City Hall on Tuesday, Jakarta Deputy Governor Sandiaga Uno expressed his hope that the civil servants could be prepared for the implementation of ERP technology in Jakarta in 2019.

"We will send more people to study the implementation of ERP in Singapore and learn how to apply it in Jakarta," Sandiaga said.

Sandiaga added he expected the procurement for the ERP system to finish in 2018.

"We will choose the most advanced technology, which can be sustained over the next 10 or 20 years," he said.

Based on Jakarta Regulation No. 5/2014 on transportation, ERP will be used on several thoroughfares, including Jl. Sudirman, Jl. MH Thamrin and Jl. Medan Merdeka Barat.

Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan said earlier that he was considering revising the regulation on ERP so that it would apply not only to four-wheel vehicles but also to motorcycles.

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