After 10 Years of Waiting, Government Prepares to Retest Touchless Toll System

The government will conduct trials to resume the touchless toll payment system, known as multi lane free flow (MLFF). Head of the Toll Road Regulatory Agency, Wilan Oktavian, stated that the implementation of the MLFF payment system had previously experienced stagnation. At the end of last year, the Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP) recommended that the Toll Road Regulatory Body (BPJT) continue or re-trial MLFF. “This is because previously there were two differing claims, where BPJT or BUJT stated that the system had not succeeded, while Roatex stated that the system had already succeeded,” said Wilan Oktavian during the Minister of Public Works’ gathering with the media on Thursday, 2 April 2026, in Jakarta. For this reason, he said, they plan to re-trial it end-to-end. This testing will cover the entire process from users downloading the application, using the system, to payments being properly received by the Toll Road Business Entity (BUJT). According to him, there are several agreed stages of implementation for the trial, namely the pre-trial which will be carried out in the near future. At this stage, Roatex, as per the contract, has the obligation to prepare the Terms of Reference (TOR) for the trial. In preparation for the Trial TOR, a functional test was conducted from 3 to 5 March. The functional test focused more on demonstrating the features of the application in CANTAS and positive scenarios,” explained Wilan. In the near future, a second stage functional test will be conducted, aimed at completing the readiness of the toll road infrastructure to be used. Once all preparations are met, the comprehensive pre-trial will then be carried out. “For the implementation timeline target, the principle is the sooner the better,” Wilan concluded. MLFF was initiated 10 years ago, precisely during the visit of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to Indonesia in 2016. The project is being handled by the Hungarian technology company, Roatex Ltd., through its subsidiary, PT Roatex Indonesia Toll System (RITS). Funding for the MLFF project is entirely sourced from the Hungarian government, amounting to US$300 million or equivalent to Rp4.65 trillion.