LOYANG AVENUE/TAMPINES EXPRESSWAY/UPPER CHANGI ROAD NORTH (Improvement to roads)

Mr Teo Chong Tee asked the Acting Minister for National Development whether the roads in the vicinity of Loyang Avenue, Tampines Expressway and Upper Changi Road North will be improved to accommodate the increasing vehicular traffic during peak hours.

The Senior Parliamentary Secretary to the Acting Minister for National Development (Mr Matthias Yao Chih) (for the Acting Minister for National Development): Mr Speaker, Sir, the Public Works Department has plans for improvement projects to accommodate the increasing vehicular traffic in the vicinity of Loyang Avenue, Tampines Expressway (TPE) and Upper Changi Road North.

A section of Loyang Avenue from Pasir Ris Drive 3 to TPE will be widened in 1996. Loyang Avenue's junction with Pasir Ris Drive 1 and Drive 3 will be improved as part of the road widening project. The present interchange of the TPE with the Pan-Island Expressway (PIE) will be upgraded in 1997. In the upgrading, new flyovers will link the PIE with the TPE. The TPE will be linked to the Seletar Expressway (SLE) and Central Expressway (CTE) with the completion of the interchange at Lorong Halus in 1997.