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COE system to be improved

SINGAPORE — The authorities are looking into improving the existing Certificate of Entitlement (COE) system to ensure greater equity among car buyers, said Minister for Transport Lui Tuck Yew at a visit to the Marina Coastal Expressway this morning.

SINGAPORE — The authorities are looking into improving the existing Certificate of Entitlement (COE) system to ensure greater equity among car buyers, said Minister for Transport Lui Tuck Yew at a visit to the Marina Coastal Expressway this morning.

With a greater number of luxury car makes belonging to Category A, the Ministry of Tranport is looking to refine the COE category for small cars (below 1,600cc) and bigger cars so that buyers of mass-market cars need not compete directly with buyers of luxury cars.

Options include considering new criteria such as engine power, or putting in additional requirements, such Category A cars not exceeding a certain engine power rating, said Mr Lui.

To better spread car ownership evenly among Singaporeans, a surcharge will also be imposed on individuals buying a second car or more.

Views from the public and stakeholders will be sought in consultations starting next month and a final decision made later this year.

In addition, a next generation ERP system based on global navigation satellite systems may soon be implemented to further manage congestion.

Under the ERP2 — a working name — motorists will be charged for driving based on distance, and not only at certain points, as with the current system.

It will be implemented on roads that are already priced under today’s ERP system.

“This will be fairer and more equitable to motorists as the changes will be proportional to the distance they travel on a congested road, in other words, proportional to how much they actually contribute to the congestion,” said Mr Lui.

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