Routes To Avoid Hume Park ERP Gantry
The recent decision by the Land Transport Authority of Singapore to implement an ERP gantry at the junction of Bukit Timah road and Hume Park Avenue has caused much concern for residents in the western part of Singapore. Most of them who travel to work in the morning have to pass by this junction and it is practically impossible to avoid, especially when time is of the essence in early peak hour traffic.
Unfortunately, despite residents concern and some who have voiced it to the mainstream media, the authorities do not seem to take them to heart and continue to iterate the same reasons given - that the gantry will not be switched on unless traffic along the route fell between 20 - 30 km/hr. Given the number of people who have to use it anyway since ERP gantries were set up along the BKE, most expect the gantry to be used soon. Residents around this area now have to pay just to get out of their house to go to work in the morning.
There are some alternate routes to explore, but you would need to get up earlier to make up for the time required to make these extra turns. One way would be to enter Hillview and exit at the old firestation junction further up after the gantry, or to head straight for the junction at Beauty World and the PIE, also via Hillview. However, you can be sure that additional ERP gantries will be erected at these points in the near future as we endure more impractical attempts to curb growing traffic.
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