TRAFFIC CONGESTION, BUS DELAYS
As a result of the accidents, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said on social media platform X at around 7am that there was heavy congestion on the road leading up to the Woodlands Checkpoint during the morning peak hour.
In its post, LTA also advised motorists to avoid the first two lanes of the expressway due to the accident.
Several bus operators also warned of delays to some bus services that ply the BKE.
Bus operator Tower Transit posted on Facebook at around 8.27am that services 171, 963 and 966 were facing delays of 40 to 45 minutes due to traffic congestion on the BKE towards the PIE before the KJE exit.
In another post, Tower Transit also said that bus service 856 faced delays of 15 to 20 minutes due to the tailback of traffic congestion from BKE.
Another bus operator, SBS Transit, posted on Facebook at around 9am that services 161 and 168 were delayed along the Seletar Expressway (SLE) due to traffic congestion.
Bus service 138 was also delayed along Mandai Road towards Mandai Lake Road due to traffic congestion, added SBS Transit.
SBS Transit updated the post at around noon saying that the services which were previously facing delays were back to normal operations.
