Singapore Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway (KPE)

With the rapid development of the North East sector of Singapore, a need was identified a number of years ago for a high speed road link connecting the North East Coast of Singapore Island to the City Centre and Central Business Districts of the city. Planning of the Kallang Expressway (KLE) and Paya Lebar Expressway (PLE) was thus conceived, and has spanned over 30 years, with the KLE concept originally proposed in 1967 and the PLE identified later in 1985-86. With ministerial approval given for the project in 2001, the 12 kilometre Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway (KPE) began to be finalised, with 9 kilometers of the 3-4 lane motorway built in cut-and-cover tunnels under existing surface roads and canals - a step necessary in order to minimise the need for land acquisitions in densely populated Singapore, and reduce the impact of expressway traffic on local environment conditions. At completion in late 2008 the KPE was the longest underground expressway in South East Asia and 6th longest expressway tunnel in the world, delivered at a cost in excess of one billion US Dollars. This article summarises one element of the final planning study performed for the KPE in the months prior to the initial phase of opening of the tunnel, highlighting the central role that traffic micro-simulation played in deriving a 'Congestion Management Strategy' of the new infrastructure. A wider overview of the project can be found at www.kpeunderground.com.sg (A)

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• Authors:
  • KEENAN, D
  • LEONG, YIN FONG
  • CHONG, I
  • PELOSI, S
  • COOPER, T
• Publication Date: 2009-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 193-204
• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering & Control
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0041-0683
  • Serial URL: http://www.tecmagazine.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cut and cover tunneling; Environment; Freeways; Planning; Simulation; Software; Traffic congestion; Traffic control; Traffic engineering; Traffic flow; Tunnels; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Congestion
• Geographic Terms: Singapore
• ITRD Terms: 632: Congestion (traffic); 3395: Cut and cover; 2455: Environment; 2752: Motorway; 143: Planning; 9103: Simulation; 8101: Singapore; 8645: Software; 654: Traffic control; 655: Traffic engineering; 671: Traffic flow; 3374: Tunnel; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I25: Design of Tunnels; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01131820
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: TRL
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jul 2 2009 7:38AM