Hmm, as of last night, the queue of lorries have reached just
after the junction of Woodlands Road and Mandai Road, notably there
is one low loader with a Kobelco SK320D 33
tons excavator. On Kranji Road, the jam extends all the way
down to near SMRTB Kranji Depot.
The jam extends all the way to Woodlands CIQ along Woodlands
Road.
On the other direction, coming down towards Kranji MRT station
from Woodlands, queue starts at the juction of BKE and travels
along Woodlands Ave 3 and Woodlands Road. Last night, service 170
buses 665H and 737J were stuck after the junction as they attempted
to find an opening within the truck mess, in the end, passengers
were bumped off and buses put out of service.
Main diverted route include Woodlands Road, Turf Cub Ave, BKE
then Woodlands Ave 3, reverse direction for Woodlands outbound
Woodlands Ave 3, Turf Club Ave then Woodlands Road. Last night on
service 178/TIB376Z, bus captain asked if anyone is going to
Woodlands Road, and with a negative answer, got onto BKE with the
intention of exiting only at Dairy Farm Road, but one passenger
complained of the difficulty to get a bus back to Bt Panjang so the
bus captain turned off at Bt Panjang Road exit and let passengers
alight at Bt Panjang Plaza, after which continued on normal 178
route. It was the last run for the bus captain so he thought of
getting it quickly done and enjoy a better rest...
Service 178 towards Woodlands CIQ/RI are diverted till now,
towards Boon Lay running as the jam is not serious, service 960
both directions diverted last night, today morning not affected,
however, some bus captains still ran diverted route. Service 961
follows along. Service 950 last night all scheduled buses within
2257 to 2330hrs cancelled due to no bus able to return on time,
last bus 2330hrs departs as scheduled. SMRT staff swarmed with
questions especially from Malaysians who were trying to get home
before the next day. Situation was quite dull.
No heavy queue of feeders as of last night/this morning.
Estimated around 200 trucks, trucks with trailers/lowloaders are
stuck at the jam...
