The blocks affected the most are 214, 215 and 216, which face the checkpoint roughly about 600m away.

Residents have to bear with the engine noise of thousands of motorcycles, on top of the honking and shouting which starts when the motorcyclists vent their frustrations when they are caught in a jam.

This daily Marsiling migraine starts as early as 4am and continues off and on through the day and into the early hours of the following morning. This adds up to an average of 16 hours of noise daily.

On Sunday nights, traffic jams will worsen from 10pm onwards when many workers return to Singapore to prepare for work on Monday mornings. The jams and noise will last till 2am.

Apart from the noise, residents also have to bear with the pollution from the engine emissions of thousands of these motorcycles.

I hope the authorities will take stringent measures to curb such inconsiderate behaviour. More police officers should also be deployed to control the traffic.

This problem needs to be solved urgently so that residents can have some peace and quiet again.

Teo Lay Khim (Mdm)