Fort Canning Tunnel

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Ito_^ SG

does this leads to the secret gundam facility?

skeujin SG

im lazy to photoshop.. sue me... Laughing

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21 Nov 2006
Fort Canning Tunnel open in Jan 2007

The Fort Canning Tunnel will be opened to traffic in January after three years of construction.

Costing 34 million dollars to build, the 350-metre long tunnel will provide direct access for cars travelling from Marina Centre and the New Downtown to the Orchard area.

Stamford Road between Armenian Street and Fort Canning Road will be realigned.

This will free up land about the size of one football field, as LTA's Project Manager for Road Construction Ms Choo Eng Geok explains.

"With the opening of the tunnel we are actually going to realign the existing Stamford Road to be tucked between two SMU buildings and the existing Stamford road will actually be removed for better land usage. We actually can channel traffic directly from Stamford Road to Penang Road bypassing two traffic light junctions, one at the Bencoolen Street junction and the other at Handy Road. For those going to Selegie Road and Princep Street, they can actually use the realigned Stamford Road to get there. We are expecting smoother traffic flow."

An ERP gantry will be set up at the exit of the tunnel.

LTA says this is to ensure that motorists do not bypass the gantry currently near YMCA.

The tunnel gantry will help maintain the Orchard ERP cordon.

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mhcampboy SG

This tammy ar... restricted access also u manage to go in...

very paparazi lei.. Mr. Green

laurence82 SG

will this really help ease traffic there?

i am sad that the old NLB building has to go

Crying or Very sad

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shhhhhhh... Laughing

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actually........ singapore is always changing.......... Crying or Very sad

Ito_^ SG

and why some things up there never change one. Evil or Very Mad

bluejuice SG

actually.. the tunnel entrance, if you are standing at raffles city junction.. that tunnel entrance look a bit like tombstone leh..

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got lah... like prices keep going higher and higher.... Evil or Very Mad

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quite true. Laughing

SBS9889U SG

This tunnel 2 or 3 or 4 lanes? Rolling Eyes

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3 lanes?

the tunnel will open on 16th jaunary at 5am. the current bus stop outside national library will be shifted to national library, and the park mall bus stop will be shifted to the other side of the road opposite park mall.

services 64 and 139 will not call at this right-hand side bus stop.

Pitot SG

thnks for sharing. Mr. Green

mase101 SG

It should be 3 lanes ma, I cycled through the entire tunnel to get to orchard faster. Laughing

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looking at it, i think so too... Laughing

SMRT Buses SG

Opening Of Fort Canning Tunnel

The Fort Canning Tunnel (FCT) will be opened to traffic on Tuesday, 16 January 2007 at 6.00am.

Relocation Of Bus Stops

In conjunction with its opening, the bus stop along Stamford Road (near Singapore History Museum) will be shifted to the realigned Stamford Road (near Singapore Management University), while the bus stop along Penang Road in front of Park Mall will be shifted to the opposite side of the road.

New Traffic Scheme In The Vicinity

The FCT allows traffic coming from Stamford Road, just after its intersection with Armenian Street, to connect directly to Penang Road.

The section of Stamford Road between Armenian Street and Fort Canning Road will be realigned to run between two SMU buildings (School of Accountancy and Li Ka Shing Library).

Motorists travelling along Stamford Road, heading towards Selegie Road, Serangoon Road and Fort Canning Road, will have to keep right along Stamford Road, and turn right into the realigned Stamford Road.

Operation Of ERP Gantry

To maintain the Orchard Zone ERP cordon, an ERP gantry has been installed at the end of the FCT tunnel so that motorists using this route as a direct access from the CBD into the Orchard ERP Zone, bypassing the gantry currently at the entrance to the Orchard ERP Zone, will continue to be charged for entering the Orchard ERP cordon, as before, and at the same rates.

Motorists are advised to insert their cash cards in advance and drive carefully by following the directional signs on display.