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Phase 1 , KallangPaya Lebar Expressway To Open On 26
October 2007
Minister for Transport and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr
Raymond Lim, announces the opening date of Kallang-Paya Lebar
Expressway during a visit to the Intelligent Transport Systems
Centre
1. Phase 1 of the Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway (KPE) will be
opened to traffic on 26 October 2007. The entire expressway will be
in full operation by the end of 2008.
Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway (KPE)
2. The KPE is a 12-km expressway that stretches from the East Coast
Parkway (ECP) to the Tampines Expressway (TPE). With nine
kilometres of the expressway constructed as an underground tunnel,
the KPE will be the longest underground expressway in South-East
Asia upon its completion in 2008.
3. The KPE starts from the ECP in the south, crosses under the
Geylang River, Nicoll Highway, Mountbatten Road, Geylang Road, Sims
Avenue and the Pan Island Expressway (PIE). The route continues
from Aljunied Road and Upper Paya Lebar/ Paya Lebar Road before
following Airport Road past the Paya Lebar Air Base to connect to
the Tampines Expressway (TPE).
Opening of KPE Phase 1
4. The KPE Phase 1, which is the section from the ECP to the PIE,
will be opened to the public on 26 October 2007. A total of four
entry slips and four exit slips will be opened under KPE Phase
1.
5. There are two entry slips for motorists to enter the KPE
(Northbound) heading towards the PIE (Eastbound), exiting near
Kallang Way:
(i) Entry slip from the ECP (AYE) direction
(ii) Entry slip from the ECP (Changi) direction
6. Motorists coming from the PIE from both direction can enter the
KPE (Southbound) by using the entry point near Kallang, to head
towards the ECP (AYE bound), or the ECP (Changi bound), both
exiting near Fort Road.