Truck chauffeur examined after presumably triggering jam at KPE entryway

SINGAPORE: The cops are examining a truck motorist who apparently triggered a 30- minute traffic congestion at an entryway to the Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway (KPE) on Monday (Oct 24). Traffic on a slip roadway causing the expressway was obstructed after a number of metal plates fell from the motorist’s automobile, a Land Transport Authority (LTA) representative informed CNA on Friday. LTA looked out to the event at the Nicoll Highway entryway to the KPE towards the Tampines Expressway at around 4.45 pm on Monday. LTA’s car healing services and traffic marshals were dispatched to examine, and they discovered that the metal plates had actually rendered the roadway blockaded. The slip roadway was right away blocked and lorries were assisted far from the location, the representative included. “Preliminary evaluation was that the metal plates might have fallen off from a truck and this was verified when the chauffeur of the truck consequently went back to the occurrence website with lifting devices to recover the metal plates,” the representative stated. Video footage of the event distributing online revealed a long line of automobiles stuck in a jam on the slip roadway. Pictures published on social networks revealed numerous metal plates on the roadway, obstructing the motion of automobiles. The slip roadway was closed for about 7 hours to assist in repair work as the fallen metal plates had actually harmed the roadway surface area. It resumed to traffic at midnight after localised resurfacing works were finished. “LTA wishes to take this chance to advise motorists of products cars to examine that their load is appropriately protected prior to moving off to guarantee the security of all roadway users,” the representative stated. The cops included that no injuries were reported. Examinations are continuous.
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