1. The Land Transport Authority will be calling for tenders to widen another four stretches of the Central Expressway to improve traffic flow, an initiative under the Land Transport Master Plan.

2. Four separate tenders will be called to seek contractors to widen the stretch of the CTE between:

1. Bukit Timah Road and Moulmein Flyover
2. Pan Island Expressway and Braddell Interchange
3. Braddell Road and Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1
4. Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 and Yio Chu Kang Road

3. Together with the existing widening works between Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 and Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3, the completion of the four additional stretches will mean an uninterrupted four lane traffic scheme along CTE when completed in end 2011.

4. The tenders will be called shortly and works are expected to start by February 2009.

One Pair of Flyovers to be Constructed between PIE and Braddell Road

5. LTA will be constructing a pair of flyovers between Braddell Road and the PIE as part of the widening project to improve traffic conditions along that stretch of the CTE.

6. The pair of flyovers will serve as dedicated service roads for traffic connecting between the PIE and CTE. One of the flyovers will serve traffic coming from the PIE (Changi bound) and will connect to the CTE (SLE) directly, bypassing the stretch of the CTE between PIE and Braddell Road. Similarly, the other flyover serves as a dedicated service road for traffic coming from the CTE (City bound) and will connect directly to PIE (Changi bound) and Upper Serangoon Road without contributing to the traffic along the stretch between PIE and Braddell Road.

7. "Together with the other infrastructure developments that we have committed over the next 15 years under the Land Transport Master Plan, the completion of the CTE widening project in end 2011 will better meet the increasing travel demands of the developing North-East Corridor," said Chief Executive, LTA, Mr Yam Ah Mee.