KUALA LUMPUR, March 24 — Works Minister Alexander Nanta Linggi has issued a statement to clarify questions on the upcoming Open Payment System which will dismantle Touch ‘n...
will allow users to pay for tolls using their credit and debit cards by September 2023.
Nanta said he has issued the instruction since January 2023 and was involved in several engagement sessions on the implementation of MLFF. He emphasised that the open payment system is not just limited to the five highways as other highway concessionaires have also expressed interest to support the open payment system. Nanta said he will reveal further details in due course.
Nanta also urged all parties to be patient and wait for further announcements from the Ministry of Works to avoid confusion, misunderstanding and problems among users in the future. To recap, PLUS in 2018 introduced PLUS RFID which is an open payment system which allowed users to link their credit and debit cards for RFID tolling. This enabled toll charges to be deducted directly from the linked cards and there’s no need to maintain a separate eWallet balance.
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