Hillview flyover to help ease traffic on Bukit Timah Road

The new Hillview flyover in Upper Bukit Timah Road will open this Sunday, reported The Strait Times.

Motorists going to Woodlands from the city, or vice-versa, will be able to use the dual two-lane flyover to bypass a stretch of Upper Bukit Timah Road between Chestnut Drive and Jalan Asas. The flyover provides an alternative route that will redistribute traffic from existing ground-level junctions at Dairy Farm Road and Hillview Road, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said yesterday.

Construction for the 700-metre long flyover started in the second half of 2011. Motorists can start using it from 8:00am on Dec 27^th.

The LTA has advised motorists heading towards Dairy Farm Road, Hillview Road and Jalan Asas to continue to use the ground level roads, and not the flyover, to reach their destinations.

"With the enhancement of this key arterial road corridor serving the north-western part of Singapore, motorists travelling to and from Bukit Panjang and Choa Chu Kang residential estates, as well as the Kranji and Mandai industrial estates, will enjoy a better transport experience," the LTA said.