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HSBC Begins
Selling Quick Pass For San Jose -Caldera
Highway
Travelling on the autopista Próspero
Fernández between Escazú and Santa Ana and
to Caldera will go high tech as the
Ministerio Obras Públicas y Transportes (MOPT)
announced a new electronic pay toll system
that will be in place once the expansion of
the highway is complete in May.
The ministra de Obras Públicas y Transportes,
Karla González, announced yesterday that
there will be 14 toll booths at Escazú,
where an electronic devices mounted to a
vehicle's windshield will detect the
movement and charge the driver.
The system called Quick Pass is similar to a
garage door remote control, sending out a
signal that is identified and picked up by
the toll control box at each toll booth.
The charge is automatic when a vehicle
passes through the specially marked toll
booths. Minister González said that the
there will also be manual toll booths were
drivers can stop and pay the toll the old
fashioned way.
The automatic toll system is a joint project
between the MOPT and the developer and
concessionaire of the San Jose - Caldera
highway, Autopista del Sol.
The HSBC bank has the exclusive on the sale
of the devices which are already on sale. On
its website, the HSBC points out the
benefits of the device that can save time
and fuel and is giving away 50 passes in a
draw.
HSBC customers can purchase the device for
us$15, plus us$1 a month for maintenance,
that automatically debits once a month the
customers bank account for the toll charges.
For non HSBC customers - the general public
- the cost of purchasing the device is us$30
dollars, plus us$1 monthly maintenance and a
required deposit of a minimum of ¢5.000
colones into the account.
The bank has a full explanation of the
regulations governing the Quick Pass.
For instance, the device cannot be
transferred or used on another vehicle than
that which it is registered and any changes
must be by notifying the bank's customer
service. As such, drivers with multiple
vehicles are required to buy multiple
passes.
Click here for all the details.
  
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