Products
Smart Card
A Smart Card is a contactless electronic card that allows the holder to cross the bridge with minimum to no interaction with a toll operator. Having a Smart Card does however, requires you to stop at a card reader in one of the lanes and “wave” your card at the card reader in order to open the toll gate. Smart Card must be associated with, either a prepaid or a postpaid account. The balance on the card never expires.
Prepaid Smart Card accounts are issued to the public at large. Anyone is free to sign up for one. Postpaid Smart Card accounts are issued to employees who work on Paradise Island, and are subaccounts of an employer’s account.
If a postpaid Smart Card account holder ceases to work on Paradise Island but wishes to keep their account, the account holder can request to have the account converted to a personal prepaid account.
Periodically, both prepaid and postpaid smart card account holders must either top-up their accounts or make payment on their accounts. The traffic signals are a reminder of when to do this. The solid yellow light indicates that it is time to add money to the account or settle a postpaid balance.
Transponder
A transponder is an electronic device that interacts by radio frequency with antennas mounted above each lane. Like Smart Cards, they allow the user to pass through the toll gates without the need to interact with a toll operator. Unlike a Smart Card user, the Transponder user does not have to stop but should not be travelling at more than 25 mph, nor be tail-gating another vehicle for optimum transponder effectiveness.
Transponder must be associated with, either a prepaid or postpaid account. The balance on the transponder never expires.
Prepaid Transponder accounts are issued to the public at large. Anyone is free to sign up for one.
Postpaid Transponder accounts are issued to employees who work on Paradise Island, and are subaccounts of an employer’s account.
If a postpaid transponder account holder ceases to work on Paradise Island but wishes to keep their account, the account holder can request to have the account converted to a personal prepaid account.
Periodically, both prepaid and postpaid transponder account holders must either top-up their accounts or make payment on their accounts. The traffic signals are a reminder of when to do this. The solid yellow light indicates that it is time to add money to the account or settle a postpaid balance.
PI Pass
A PI Pass is issued to a resident of Paradise Island upon application. The PI Pass is a transponder that has a fixed annual toll for unlimited trips between New Providence and Paradise Island. The PI Pass is associated with a specific vehicle therefore a separate application is required for each vehicle that is issued a PI Pass. The PI Pass must be renewed annually on its anniversary date.
