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SINGAPORE \u2013 Drivers heading to Malaysia from Woodlands should take note of a new designated bus lane along Woodlands Road towards Woodlands Checkpoint<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n The bus lane will take effect from June 11, said the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) in a Facebook post on June 4.<\/p>\n This is to facilitate more orderly queueing of vehicles, particularly during peak-hour traffic, and improve traffic flow for bus users travelling towards Woodlands Checkpoint, the authority said.<\/p>\n The decision was made in consultation with the Land Transport Authority, ICA said.<\/p>\n The bus lane \u2013 located along a stretch of Woodlands Road from Kranji Lodge 1 to the junction of Woodlands Crossing \u2013 will operate from 7.30am to 9.30am and from 5pm to 8pm on weekdays, excluding public holidays, said ICA.<\/p>\n Lane markings and signage will be put up along Woodlands Road to alert motorists to the bus lane ahead, it added.<\/p>\n During operating hours, all vehicles, apart from buses, must keep on the rightmost lane on Woodlands Road towards Woodlands Checkpoint, ICA said.<\/p>\n Drivers and bikers are strongly advised to avoid Woodlands Road and enter the checkpoint by the BKE.<\/p>\n Enforcement cameras will be in place and action will be taken against those who encroach into bus lanes, ICA said.<\/p>\n To prepare for the implementation of the bus lane, there will be road works from June 8 to 10, between 10pm and 4am, it added.<\/p>\n \u201cDuring this period, there will be lane closures along Woodlands Road,\u201d ICA said. \u201cMotorists may expect minor delays and are advised to use BKE when entering Woodlands Checkpoint.\u201d<\/p>\n In its June 4 post, ICA also reminded motorists to obey traffic rules, maintain lane discipline and comply with checkpoint officers\u2019 instructions.<\/p>\n ICA previously said that motorists should expect heavy traffic and longer waiting times<\/span><\/a> during peak periods over the June school holidays.<\/p>\n It also advised travellers to plan their journey early and consider travelling during non-peak hours, such as early in the morning and late in the evening.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n SINGAPORE \u2013 Drivers heading to Malaysia from Woodlands should take note of a new designated bus lane along Woodlands Road towards Woodlands Checkpoint. The bus…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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