New Year 2026 countdowns: Police close access to areas around Marina Bay, Kallang due to crowds

SINGAPORE – The police on Dec 31 closed access to nine areas around Marina Bay due to large crowds that have gathered to attend the Marina Bay Singapore Countdown 2026 countdown event.

They said in a Facebook post at 11.20pm that access to the following areas have been closed:

The access closures at Marina Bay had started from around 8pm.

In an update on Facebook at 11.12pm, the police said that they also closed two areas at

The Kallang

– Stadium Riverside Walk and Water Sports Centre – because of large crowds. The areas were reopened by 12.42am after congestion eased, they later said.

The police said members of the public are advised to avoid all those areas, and check their

Facebook page,

or either of the

Crowd@MarinaBay

and

Crowd@Kallang

live maps, which provide information such as real-time crowd levels, photos of the crowds and area closures.

With events expected to draw huge crowds on Dec 31,

road closures and enhanced security measures

will be in place during the ONE Countdown 2026 across the island until the early hours of Jan 1.

Police, auxiliary police and security officers will be deployed to manage crowds in the vicinity of Marina Bay and The Kallang, with officers from the police land divisions, including emergency response teams, the Special Operations Command, Police Coast Guard and Traffic Police conducting enhanced patrols.

As a number of 

bus and train services will be extended on New Year’s Eve

, the police said there is no need to rush home after midnight.