Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway
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The Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway (Abbreviation: KPE; Chinese: 加冷－巴耶利峇高速公路; Pinyin: Jiālěng Bāyēlìbā Gāosù Gōnglù) is the newest of Singapore's network of expressways.
Connecting the East Coast Parkway and the Tampines Expressway in the north-east, it will extend twelve kilometres, with nine kilometres running some 10 metres underground. Built at a cost of approximately S$1.8 billion (US$1 billion), it will be the longest subterranean road tunnel in Southeast Asia. The KPE is also believed to be the world's sixth longest underground road project under construction.[1]
In all, the dual-carriageway expressway with three lanes in each direction will have eight interchanges, eleven on-ramps, and twelve off-ramps. Construction on the expressway started in the year 2001, and is expected to be completed in 2008. A 3 km southern section will open in the second half of 2007.[1]
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[edit] Route
The Kallang Section of the expressway starts from an interchange with the East Coast Parkway near the fourteen-kilometre mark of the ECP in a northward direction, goes underground below the Geylang River, cuts across the Kallang Sports Complex to the west of the National Stadium, comes to an interchange at the Mountbatten Road/Nicoll Highway/Guillemard Road junction, crosses the East West MRT Line, before ending with an interchange with the Pan Island Expressway at the thirteen-kilometre mark of the latter.
The Paya Lebar Section continues from where the Kallang Section leaves off beneath the Kallang River and Pelton Canal past MacPherson Estate, comes to an interchange with Paya Lebar Road, Upper Paya Lebar Road, MacPherson Road and Airport Road, crosses over the Circle MRT Line which was under construction at the same time as the expressway, and continues for almost three and a half kilometres underground beneath Airport Road and the Paya Lebar Airbase, emerges at ground level near Defu Lane 3, goes on an elevated interchange over Tampines Road, before continuing at grade towards the existing Tampines Flyover to meet with Tampines Expressway.
A provision has also been made between Tampines Flyover and the new flyover with Tampines Road near the existing Jalan Teban for an interchange with the road extension from Buangkok Drive.
[edit] Road interchanges
| Exit | Interchange | To | Remarks |
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| U/C | U/C | East Coast Parkway | Southbound exits under construction only; Provisions have been made for northbound exits after possible further extensions to Marina South |
| U/C | U/C | Guillemard Road, Mountbatten Road and Nicoll Highway | |
| U/C | U/C | Pan Island Expressway | End of Kallang section; Beginning of Paya Lebar section |
| U/C | U/C | Airport Road, Macpherson Road, Paya Lebar Road and Upper Paya Lebar Road | |
| U/C | U/C | Bartley Road | |
| U/C | U/C | Tampines Road | |
| Buangkok Drive, Jalan Teban | Not under construction yet, provisions have been made for the construction of this interchange | ||
| U/C | Tampines Flyover | Tampines Expressway and Tampines Road | Northbound only |
[edit] Public education and congestion management
In 2006, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) engaged an advertising agency to embark on a public education programme, to inform and educate the public on the proper way to use the KPE — the first time it has done so for a road project. British firm Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH) has been appointed to publicise safety messages needed to prepare users for the KPE. BBH, which in turn appointed British public relations firm Grayling, clinched the contract for S$2.81 million. Its campaign will start in the second quarter of 2007.
The LTA has also put up a tender calling for consultants to develop congestion management systems in the KPE. The call has drawn three submissions.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Christopher Tan, "It's the first-ever ad blitz — for a highway", The Straits Times, 27 November 2006
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| Pan Island Expressway | East Coast Parkway | Ayer Rajah Expressway | Central Expressway | Tampines Expressway | Seletar Expressway | Kranji Expressway | Bukit Timah Expressway | Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway | ||
