5km long Marina Coastal Expressway set to open from end December

From 9:00am, 29^th December 2013, motorists travelling between Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway (KPE), the East Coast Parkway (ECP), the Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE) and the CBD can use the Marina Coastal Expressway (MCE) to connect directly via Marina Boulevard and Central Boulevard.

The 5km long expressway, the tenth on our island, will connect to three other major existing expressways, namely the KPE, the ECP in the east and the AYE in the west.

3.6km of the MCE is built as a tunnel, including a 420m section underneath the sea bed. A five-lane expressway in both directions, MCE will link motorists directly to Marina South through the new connections with Central Boulevard, Marina Boulevard and Maxwell Road.

The stretch of the ECP west of Benjamin Sheares Bridge will be converted to a major arterial road while the stretch of the existing ECP after Central Boulevard will be removed. A new arterial road, Sheares Avenue, will bring traffic from the ECP directly into the CBD and connect with Central Boulevard and Marina Boulevard.

These changes will free up valuable land space in the city centre currently occupied by the ECP and allow for future developments at Marina South.

Temporary Road Network in Marina South

To facilitate the conversion of ECP to an arterial road, there will be a series of road works that will continue in the Marina South area after the MCE opens. These road works are needed to remove the existing ECP structure between Central Boulevard and Prince Edward Road, as well as to straighten and complete Central Boulevard and Marina Boulevard.

While these road works are ongoing, motorists using Central Boulevard and Marina Boulevard will need to use an interim road network to enter and exit the Marina Bay area, until works to remove a stretch of the ECP in Marina South, and to improve Central Boulevard and Marina Boulevard are completed by the third quarter of 2014.