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Expressway traffic flow in GuangZhou was expected to improve considerably when a networked toll system started operating later this month, authorities said Sunday (Sep. 12th).

This follows reports that two new cross-region expressways would be ready next year.

The network would also be introduced in all pay expressways throughout the province by the end of the year, the GuangZhou Daily reported Monday.

The upgraded system would reduce stopping time at tollgates which were operated by different companies, a communications department spokesman said.

For example, a driver traveling from Panyu City to the new GuangZhou airport now has to stop at four tollgates operated by four companies, which many people complained was a waste of time.

After the new system is implemented, a driver would need to stop only twice, once to register entry to the expressway with an IC card and once to pay at the exit tollgate. The computer network will automatically calculate the payments for the four operators.

Drivers whose vehicles have automatic pay systems, installed will not even need to stop after 15 automatic tollgates begin operating in the next couple of months. Their toll will be automatically calculated when they drive through the gates.Another 13 automatic tollgates were planned, the spokesman said. Unnecessary tollgates would be cancelled soon.

In another report, the newspaper said GuangZhou would have two new expressways linking Meizhou City and Jiangxi Province next year.

This would cut the travel time to Meizhou from seven hours to five, while the driving time to Jiangxi would be reduced from eight hours to four.