SINGAPORE -
An oil spill on Lornie Road towards Adam
Road has caused a major traffic jam on Tuesday (Feb 16)
morning.
The spill was
caused by a broken-down vehicle, the Land Transport Authority (LTA)
said in a tweet at 7.45am, adding that the left-most lane of the
road had been closed temporarily.
The Straits
Times understands that the vehicle was a mobile crane which had
leaked hydraulic oil.
LTA also
advised motorists to use the Central Expressway or Upper Serangoon
Road as an alternative route.
In a tweet at
8.37am, SBS Transit said bus services 74, 93, 157 and 165 will
skip 8 bus stops along Thomson, Lornie and Adam Roads.
Responding to
queries from The Straits Times, the Singapore Civil Defence Force
(SCDF) said it was alerted to the incident at around
4.15am.
Two fire
engines were dispatched to the scene to assist in clearing the
spill, a SCDF spokesman added. They left at 7.45am when SCDF
assistance was no longer required.
LTA had
first tweeted at about 5am saying that there was an obstacle
on Lornie Road (towards Queensway) after the MacRitchie viaduct.
Road users were told to avoid the left lane.
At about 7am,
LTA said that the road was congested until Woodleigh Underpass.
The police
first tweeted at about 7.10am, informing social media users of the
oil spillage. In an update at 7.42am, it advised motorists to avoid
Lornie Road.
This is the
fourth oil spill in recent weeks, following a spate of similar
incidents on the Bukit Timah
Expressway (BKE), Pan-Island
Expressway (PIE) and Kampong Bahru
Road between Jan 29 and Feb 2.
All three
required resurfacing, causing road closures and, in the case of the
BKE oil spill, traffic congestion of up to 12 hours.