If you’ve navigated the traffic junction intersecting Braddel, Upper Serangoon and Barley roads before, you know how complicated and accident-prone that place is.
And if you’re new to that junction, you’ll find yourself hoping that there’s another car in front for you to follow, so that you don’t accidentally run any red lights.
Thankfully, by mid-2023, this junction will become easier to navigate. Here’s how.
Accident-Prone Area
Junctions in a junction, with their own set of traffic lights, and with a bunch of turning lanes. Sounds like a nightmare, doesn’t it?
This junction is one of the most accident-prone areas in Singapore, with motor insurer Direct Asia listing the junction as a “black spot” area that experiences more accidents than the average road.
With a bunch of traffic lights situated close together, drivers may see one light and not the other, thus accidentally running red lights and causing traffic accidents.
In fact, you might remember the most recent accident, where a Toyota ended up landing on its roof after colliding with a Mercedes-Benz. That happened back in November 2021.
Reconfigure Junction
The Land Transport Authority has been working on simplifying this junction since August 2022, and works will be completed by mid-2023.
They will simplify the current complicated junction into a “normal cross junction”. Two traffic islands, five small yellow boxes, and six traffic lights will be removed. They will be replaced by one big yellow box and one set of traffic lights per direction, with all existing right turns remaining untouched.
This will allow smoother traffic through this cross junction. Cyclists and pedestrians will also enjoy a wider footpath along Upper Serangoon Road.
“Safety barriers will be installed along the footpath,” the MP for Marine Parade GRC, Mr Seah Kian Peng, added.
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Catering to Changing Traffic Patterns
LTA shared that they consistently monitor traffic junctions, and makes changes to “cater to changing traffic patterns”.
These changes can include reconfiguring lanes, traffic light sequencing, as well as physically altering a junction’s layout.
Mr Seah also said that the changes “follows from feedback that we had given over the years”.
A retired LTA planner and transport safety expert, Gopinath Menon told The Straits Times that the reconfiguration would lead to a very large junction.
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This means that it is crucial for traffic light timings to be adjusted in a way that gives vehicles enough time to clear the junction before vehicles rush in from the other direction.
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