Two weeks ago, a local (used to be) afternoon tabloid reported the murmurs from the people about the ERP gantries creeping nearer to our homes. This was in specific reference to the ones in Toa Payoh Lor 6, and some near Hillview.
The official LTA response was that they were built as a "stand-by", and there was no intention to switch them on anytime soon.
In today's papers, the inevitable (and unsurprising) thing happened. They are going to switch them on after all. LTA calls these roads arterial roads now. Err... what about the poor heartlander who needs to do a school run to drop his kids off? Businesses who operate in the industrial estates around Toa Payoh? Aren't u affecting them too?
We are lemmings. We will forget these instant about-turns made by the bureaucrats soon.
Yes, there is a need to balance traffic control and costs. And whats this about discretionary road usage pricing? Thats a load of bull because there is no point of making it discretionary if you lock all the roads down. What next? Money to be deducted immediately when we start our cars?
I am outraged by the about-turn by LTA saying that they were not intending to turn the ERP gantries on anytime soon. Apparently, 2 weeks was what they needed to change their minds.
The official LTA response was that they were built as a "stand-by", and there was no intention to switch them on anytime soon.
In today's papers, the inevitable (and unsurprising) thing happened. They are going to switch them on after all. LTA calls these roads arterial roads now. Err... what about the poor heartlander who needs to do a school run to drop his kids off? Businesses who operate in the industrial estates around Toa Payoh? Aren't u affecting them too?
We are lemmings. We will forget these instant about-turns made by the bureaucrats soon.
Yes, there is a need to balance traffic control and costs. And whats this about discretionary road usage pricing? Thats a load of bull because there is no point of making it discretionary if you lock all the roads down. What next? Money to be deducted immediately when we start our cars?
I am outraged by the about-turn by LTA saying that they were not intending to turn the ERP gantries on anytime soon. Apparently, 2 weeks was what they needed to change their minds.
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