bali toll app trials that could end toll booths

Category : Adventure | Posted On Jun 06, 2022

The Bali Mandara Toll Road is testing a new contactless, non-stop transport system. Drivers must currently stop at the toll gate and tap their pre-paid travel card. Drivers must install a specialized app called Cantas on their smartphones to participate in the trial. They will submit their payment information and provide the app permission to monitor their whereabouts.

The new system is known as a Multi-Lane Free Flow System, and it employs GPS technology to make contactless payments. It is hoped that the trial will be successful and that it will be integrated into the new payment management system for the toll road.

The trial will run through the end of the year, after which the program will be rolled out permanently after a review and some inevitable modifications. The trial's organizers expect that it will make driving more effective and even reduce operating costs.

The GPS detects the car's whereabouts as the driver approaches the toll road gate. The car is then followed on a centralized system utilizing map-matching until the driver passes through the toll road exit gate. The software then computes the distance traveled and initiates the payment transaction. The entire procedure will be automated.

Sanur is linked to Kuta and Nusa Dua by the Bali Mandara Toll. The Ministry of Public Works is currently undertaking a massive project to construct a 96-kilometer toll road between Gilimanuk and Mengwi. This new toll road is expected to be completed in time for the G20 Summit in November.

The project links three Bali regencies and is one of the island's most significant infrastructural projects. The route, which runs through Badung, Jembrana, and Tabanan, has provided hundreds of construction jobs.

Other upgrades are being made to the Bali Mandara Toll Road. According to Putu Gandi Ginantra, the operations, and maintenance manager, the highway is being repainted, the toll gates are being repaired, and technicians are installing solar panels along 1.5 kilometers of the route.

Some people argue that expanding transportation infrastructure damages Bali's traditional beauty. Others applaud the upgrades since they serve to increase transportation efficiency for both tourists and locals. Traffic is diverted to toll roads with defined lanes for motorbikes, cars, and heavy freight trucks, making streets across Bali less clogged and secure for pedestrians and drivers.

Infrastructure development in Bali is being matched by massive reforestation efforts. The mangrove ecosystems of southern Bali are the subject of reforestation activities tied to toll road construction. So far, 750 mangrove trees have been planted, with many more to come. This is yet another project that is being widely marketed in the run-up to the G20 Summit.

Mangrove replanting is essential for protecting coastal populations from climate change. Bali is home to several coastline protection projects. The most significant is a collaboration with the Japan International Cooperation Agency, which has infused the second tranche of financing this month to complete phase two of the Bali Beach Conservation Project.

The obvious focus is on preserving the coastline near Sanur Beach, Nusa Dua Beach, and Kuta Beach, which coincides with the Mandara Toll Road improvements' reforestation element.

The Mandara Toll Road is frequently the first experience of Bali that visitors have outside of Ngurah Rai Airport. The toll road is used by many taxi drivers and airport shuttle agencies to bring guests to Kuta Selatan, Uluwatu, and Jimbaran.

The toll road connects travelers to the Ngurah Rai Bypass, which arcs around traffic-heavy Denpasar and links to highways that run west to the pristine West Bali National Park.


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