Call to Reopen Sheares Bridge to Solve MCE Fiasco

[makapaaa]

[h=2]Is MCE the Most Congested Expressway?[/h]

January 1st, 2014 |

Author: Contributions

Our 10th Expressway was opened to the public on the 29th Dec 2013. It is the most expensive expressway costing more than $4 billion and the most difficult to build touted as a great engineering feat overcoming many difficulties. It’s supposed to be offer a seamless travel from the one end of the island to the other replacing the old proven ECP rendering our iconic Sheares Bridge and Rochor Link Road (coming down from Sheares to Rochor Rd) obsolete. Precious land could then be freed for more buildings thus raking in more billions to our reserves. That will compensate for the heavy MCE investment.

Well, it is supposed to be a great achievement having invested tons of money on MCE. Is that so? I’ve not tried the new MCE yet. But from the internet, it seems that every motorist and non-motorist (taking taxi costing much more) using the MCE is fuming with rage! What is happening to our Singapore brand of efficiency and careful calibration? It’s quite embarrassing really.

Some of the reasons to the spontaneous frustrations are elaborated below. Click on the links below to read. I need not go into the details. Suffice to say that some of the confusing or teething problems could have been avoided. As usual why didn’t they anticipate them? More road signage, better painted directions on the lanes to direct the huge traffic to the correct exits. Common sense will also tell you that from 4 or 5 lanes narrow down to two-lane only exit at Fort Road will definitely result in massive jam when so much traffic trying to get out of the MCE via that slip road. Understandably, netizens are quick to point out that the MCE is “Massive or Most Congested Expressway!” We did not experience such issues on the other nine expressways.

Why not re-open the old highway via Sheares Bridge to ease the current jams along MCE? Let it run parallel to the existing MCE until it is stabilized? Is there any hurry to shut down the old expressway in view of the MCE langgar situation?

Before the MCE fisaco, there was the new DTL official opening when it broke down for a while on its first day of operations. Both relating to public transportation. I wonder what is happening to our world class planners? Do we declare proudly as a world class transport hub when we could not even get these basic things right?

What a way to end the year? It’s going to be an unhappy year for those caught in the massive MCE jam. That, and the backpedal over DNC registry – bowing to pressure from big business is a shame!

Lohcifer commented when I was musing whether as citizens do we have the right to voice our unhappiness at the current fiasco? “Of course. We pay tax. We elect them to office. We pay them top salaries. The project cost over 4 billion. And what happened?”

Let’s hope that those problems could be resolved when the New Year begins. Whatever it is, I would like to wish all my readers a Happy New Year. May your dreams and wishes come through for the new year.
Links:
http://www.straitstimes.com/the-big...-fume-over-slow-traffic-along-newly-opened-ma
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expressways_of_Singapore
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expressways_of_Singapore

Gintai_昇泰
* The author blogs at http://gintai.wordpress.com

 

[bushtucker]

this is stupid road planning. LTA cut off the original link between ECP and AYE.

 

[laksaboy]

this is stupid road planning. LTA cut off the original link between ECP and AYE.

Not really, it was part of the plan... to grab more land for the Marina Bay office/residential buildings.

Also, I'm sure the construction of the MCE had probably fattened some cronies' pockets. 'Feat of engineering' indeed.

 

[songsongjurong]

Needless the say, the govt aint apologetic, about the debacle, surely, they wil make motorist pay and ramp up ERP fee quickly as a revenge and reminder on motorist..”who is your bitch daddy..."

 

[Leongsam]

Might as well go back to using Nicoll Highway.

Singaporeans seem to be hell bent on living in the past.

 

[Narong Wongwan]

Might as well go back to using Nicoll Highway.

Singaporeans seem to be hell bent on living in the past.

Nicholl highway is still open to traffic, no?

 

[I_Hate_Pappies]

Might as well go back to using Nicoll Highway.

Singaporeans seem to be hell bent on living in the past.

First day of the year and you made a fool of yourself. :oIo::kma:

 

[red amoeba]

U nid massive pile up at MCE to rock these buggers

 

[The_Hypocrite]

[video=youtube;HUihpEZuzx8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUihpEZuzx8[/video]

LTA say MCE is bagus

 

[I_Hate_Pappies]

Lohcifer commented when I was musing whether as citizens do we have the right to voice our unhappiness at the current fiasco? “Of course. We pay tax. We elect them to office. We pay them top salaries. The project cost over 4 billion. And what happened?”

This guy belongs to 60.1%?

 

[Leongsam]

Nicholl highway is still open to traffic, no?

Of course it is. I actually used it last August while I was in Singapore. However, the traffic there is relatively light as the majority prefer to use Benjamin Sheares bridge.

If you want to go back in time, then Nicoll Highway should be made the primary route from the East Coast to town.

 

[jw5]

Of course it is. I actually used it last August while I was in Singapore. However, the traffic there is relatively light as the majority prefer to use Benjamin Sheares bridge.

If you want to go back in time, then Nicoll Highway should be made the primary route from the East Coast to town.

Go to Geylang from town, Nicoll Highway bestest.

 

[enterprise2]

Fcuk !!what happened to the breathtaking view of the Singapore skyline as u drive past??

 

[eErotica69]

Go to Geylang from town, Nicoll Highway bestest.

Geylang to Kallang to town lagi earlier than Nicoll Highway.

 

[Narong Wongwan]

Of course it is. I actually used it last August while I was in Singapore. However, the traffic there is relatively light as the majority prefer to use Benjamin Sheares bridge.

If you want to go back in time, then Nicoll Highway should be made the primary route from the East Coast to town.

Then why the talented scholars got no sense to keep sheares bridge open as a secondary route?

 

[ykhuser]

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what the hell is this pinky man doing on the road? gay loong?

 

[Cestbon]

Now LTA will widen AYE to MCE link from 2 lane to 4 lane. It will cause massive jam during is construction.

 

[makapaaa]

Why did the FAP Traitors not build across the sea, which would be way cheaper, instead of building a tunnel through the seabed? Wanting to be lumber 1 again?

 

[laksaboy]

Why did the FAP Traitors not build across the sea, which would be way cheaper, instead of building a tunnel through the seabed? Wanting to be lumber 1 again?

Can haolian about the 'engineering feat' mah.

 

[rushifa666]

if it were the lky bridge do you think they would dare to tear it down? especially the people like the grinning idiots in that clip?