SINGAPORE: Travellers can expect continuous heavy traffic at Singapore’s land checkpoints during the upcoming September school holidays, the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said on Monday (Aug 26).
Woodlands and Tuas checkpoints are set to see heavy traffic in the lead-up to and during the period from Aug 30 to Sep 8.
Travellers should factor in additional waiting time, ICA said in a travel advisory.
“We also seek their understanding to cooperate with ICA officers, observe traffic rules and maintain lane discipline,” it added.
The land border crossings between Singapore and Malaysia are among the busiest in the world.
More than 540,000 travellers – a record – crossed both checkpoints on Aug 8 ahead of the National Day long weekend, ICA said.
“Car travellers departing during these peak periods had to wait up to three hours before they were cleared through immigration, due to traffic tailback from Malaysia,” the authority said, adding that travellers can consider taking cross-border bus services as an alternative to crossing the checkpoints in their vehicles.
ICA also advised motorists to check the traffic situation at the checkpoints on LTA’s One Motoring website before starting their journeys.
