Expanded expressway link to ease congestion

TPE-KPE interchange boost will help meet Punggol's growing transport needs: Experts

First announced in 2014, the $185 million expansion of the intersection between the KPE and TPE included the building of roads, three vehicular bridges crossing Sungei Serangoon and Sungei Blukar, and a new flyover across the TPE. ST PHOTO: MATTHIAS CHONG
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"Hopefully it will ease the jams," said operations supervisor Irwan Mohamed, 39, who uses the KPE to drive to work in Pasir Panjang.

Nanyang Technological University senior transport research consultant Gopinath Menon said the interchange would improve access to the expanding north-eastern town.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on October 25, 2018, with the headline Expanded expressway link to ease congestion. Subscribe