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METRO VANCOUVER - Drivers planning to use the $800-million Golden Ears Bridge when it opens this summer can start signing up now for a break on electronic tolls.
TransLink has opened its Quickpass customer service centre, allowing drivers to register for discounted electronic tolling passes, either by leasing a transponder or signing up as a video customer.
Both will give drivers a discounted rate on the tolls compared to those who opt to `pay-as-you-go` when crossing the bridge.
Fred Cummings, TransLink vice-president of major construction projects, said the first customer signed up as soon as the centre opened on Wednesday.
"It`s all been very positive," he said. "What people like about it, is it doesn`t affect their travel time. They don`t have to have correct change and don`t have to stop or slow down on the bridge."
The Golden Ears Bridge marks the first electronically tolled crossing in western Canada. It will be equipped with toll sensors and digital cameras to track and identify every vehicle that travels on the one-kilometre span.
Overhead electronic sensors will detect whether a vehicle passing underneath is a car, truck or motorcycle and whether it is equipped with a transponder. Tolls will be charged accordingly.
Drivers who sign up as a transponder customer would lease the unit from TransLink, putting down a $10 deposit and paying $1 per month. The transponders, which can be placed on the front dashboard, would link with the vehicle licence plates to provide information leading to the address of the vehicle`s owner.
Read the full article here.
TransLink has opened its Quickpass customer service centre, allowing drivers to register for discounted electronic tolling passes, either by leasing a transponder or signing up as a video customer.
Both will give drivers a discounted rate on the tolls compared to those who opt to `pay-as-you-go` when crossing the bridge.
Fred Cummings, TransLink vice-president of major construction projects, said the first customer signed up as soon as the centre opened on Wednesday.
"It`s all been very positive," he said. "What people like about it, is it doesn`t affect their travel time. They don`t have to have correct change and don`t have to stop or slow down on the bridge."
The Golden Ears Bridge marks the first electronically tolled crossing in western Canada. It will be equipped with toll sensors and digital cameras to track and identify every vehicle that travels on the one-kilometre span.
Overhead electronic sensors will detect whether a vehicle passing underneath is a car, truck or motorcycle and whether it is equipped with a transponder. Tolls will be charged accordingly.
Drivers who sign up as a transponder customer would lease the unit from TransLink, putting down a $10 deposit and paying $1 per month. The transponders, which can be placed on the front dashboard, would link with the vehicle licence plates to provide information leading to the address of the vehicle`s owner.
Read the full article here.