The North-South Corridor - a 21.5km expressway that will connect towns in the northern region to the city - is expected to be completed around 2026, reported The Straits Times.
Revealing this in a press release on Thursday (April 28th), the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said it will be calling several tenders for the project in the coming months, with major construction works to start in 2017.
The North-South Corridor, formerly called the North-South Expressway, will be the island's 11th highway. Running parallel to the Central Expressway (CTE), the highway is expected to help alleviate the heavy traffic load on the CTE, as well as on the major arterial roads nearby such as Thomson Road and Marymount Road. While first conceptualised as a vehicular expressway to be finished in 2020, the corridor will now be built as the island's first 'integrated transport corridor' featuring dedicated bus lanes and cycling trunk routes.
LTA's Chief Executive Chew Men Leong said, "Besides meeting the increased traffic needs arising from growing residential towns in the north, we are also reconfiguring our earlier plans to improve connectivity and commuting experience for bus commuters and cyclists. The North-South Corridor underpins our commitment towards a car-lite Singapore, by optimising our land transport infrastructure to better meet the needs of all Singaporeans."
