Oil spill in Woodlands caused by accident with palm oil tanker: LTA
(Photo from SMRT Facebook page)
[UPDATE Friday 29 January 2016, 1:28pm: LTA closes two lanes on BKE(PIE) until recover work is completed]
The Land Transport Authority will be closing two of the lanes along Bukit Timah Expressway towards Pan Island Expressway until further notice, after an oil spill had occurred on Friday morning, causing massive traffic jams in Woodlands.
According to a tweet at 1pm, LTA said that the spill was caused by an accident involving a palm oil tanker, and that they have closed the lanes to “facilitate recovery”.
SMRT announced the oil spill on social media at 10:45pm, stating that the incident - which took place on BKE after Mandai Road, towards PIE - had caused massive traffic jams affecting vehicles all the way from Woodlands Avenue 1, 2 and 3.
The SCDF told Yahoo Singapore they were alerted to the incident at 7am, and had subsequently sent two fire engines down. They left the scene before noon, after handing over operations to the LTA and the National Environment Agency.
Bus passengers were also affected. SMRT earlier advised them to seek “alternative forms of travel” and informed them the several bus services from Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange that were affected. The affected services were, 178, 187, 856, 911, 913, 925, 950, 960, 961, 963 and 966.
At 12:31pm, SMRT tweeted that bus operations at the interchange have gone back to normal, and traffic in the area has improved.
(Photo from SMRT Facebook page)
Commuters react to Woodlands oil spill
