Dozens of roads and lanes to be closed for NDP National Education shows

SINGAPORE – Dozens of roads and lanes will be closed to vehicles on three Saturdays – June 29, July 6 and July 13 – because of National Day Parade National Education shows at the Padang.

Only authorised vehicles, as well as police and emergency vehicles, will be allowed access to these roads during the closure, the police said on June 26.

Police officers, auxiliary police officers, security officers and Singapore Armed Forces marshals will be deployed at the affected junctions to assist and direct motorists.

Traffic delays are expected in Bayfront Avenue, Beach Road, Bras Basah Road, Collyer Quay, Guillemard Road, Hill Street, Marina Boulevard, Mountbatten Road, North Bridge Road, Ophir Road, Raffles Avenue, Raffles Boulevard, Raffles Link, Republic Boulevard, Rochor Road, Sheares Link, Temasek Avenue, Temasek Boulevard and Victoria Street.

Motorists are advised to plan their routes early and avoid these roads. People travelling to these affected areas are strongly encouraged to use public transport.

Motorists travelling to Suntec City and Marina Square from Bayfront Avenue, Bras Basah Road, Esplanade Drive, Nicoll Highway, Raffles Avenue or Raffles Boulevard are to use an alternate route via Rochor Road leading to Temasek Boulevard.

The police said parking restrictions in the roads affected by the closures will be strictly enforced, and vehicles found parking illegally or causing obstruction will be towed.

The public may call the organiser on 1800-637-2024 for inquiries.

A number of SBS Transit bus services plying the city area will also be affected on June 29, July 6 and July 13. They will travel along alternative routes and skip bus stops in Nicoll Highway, Marina Bay and those in the vicinity of the Civic District.

The SBS Transit services affected are 10, 14, 16/16M, 32, 51, 56, 57, 63, 70/70M, 80, 100, 107/107M, 111, 124, 130, 131, 133, 145, 166, 174, 195, 196, 197, 502, 851 and 851e.

SMRT bus services 61, 960, 960e and 961 will also skip some stops in Beach Road, Bras Basah Road, North Bridge Road, Parliament Place, Raffles Avenue and Raffles Boulevard.

Go-Ahead Singapore said its bus services 36 and 518 will leave out a few stops in Bayfront Avenue, Raffles Avenue, Temasek Avenue and Temasek Boulevard on those three days.

For more information, passengers can check the websites or social media pages of the bus operators.

Here is the schedule of the road and lane closures:

2am on June 29 to 2am on June 30; 2am on July 6 to 2am on July 7; and 2am on July 13 to 2am on July 14:

• Carriageway of Fullerton Road in the direction of Esplanade Drive (between lamp post 5 and Esplanade Drive)
• Carriageway of Esplanade Drive in the direction of Nicoll Highway (between Fullerton Road and Nicoll Highway)
• Carriageway of Nicoll Highway in the direction of Guillemard Road (between Stamford Road and Bras Basah Road)
• Two right lanes of Raffles Avenue (between lamp post 26F and Nicoll Highway)
• Fullerton Road (between lamp post 18F and Esplanade Drive)
• Connaught Drive
• St Andrew’s Road
• Parliament Place
• Two left lanes of High Street (between lamp post 5 and North Bridge Road)
• Supreme Court Lane
• Coleman Street (between St Andrew’s Road and North Bridge Road)
• Two left lanes of the carriageway of Crawford Street in the direction of Republic Avenue (between lamp post 23 and Republic Avenue)
• Extreme right lane of the carriageway of Beach Road in the direction of Republic Avenue (between lamp post 90 and Republic Avenue)
• Republic Avenue (between Crawford Street and Republic Boulevard)
• Republic Avenue (between Nicoll Highway and Republic Avenue)
• Carriageway of Republic Boulevard in the direction of Republic Avenue (between Ophir Road and Republic Avenue)
• Carriageway of Republic Boulevard in the direction of Republic Avenue (between lamp post 12F and Republic Avenue)
• Carriageway of Republic Boulevard in the direction of Raffles Avenue (between Republic Avenue and Raffles Avenue)

8am to 11.59pm on June 29, July 6 and July 13:

• Five right lanes of Raffles Avenue (between lamp post 26F and Nicoll Highway)
• Stamford Road (between Nicoll Highway and Beach Road)
• Four left lanes of Stamford Road (between Beach Road and North Bridge Road)
• Beach Road (between Stamford Road and Bras Basah Road)
• Two right lanes of Bras Basah Road (between lamp post 71/1F and Beach Road)
• Four right lanes of Bras Basah Road (between Beach Road and Nicoll Highway)
• Extreme right lane of the carriageway of Beach Road in the direction of Stamford Road (between lamp post 6 and Bras Basah Road)
• Raffles Boulevard (between Nicoll Highway and Raffles Link)
• Two right lanes of the carriageway of Middle Road in the direction of Nicoll Highway (between lamp post 3 and Nicoll Highway)
• Carriageway of Nicoll Highway in the direction of Esplanade Drive (between Guillemard Road and Esplanade Drive)
• Slip road leading from the roundabout connecting Stadium Drive, Stadium Road, and Stadium Place into Nicoll Highway
• Extreme right lane of the slip road leading from Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway into Nicoll Highway (between lamp post 20S19 and Nicoll Highway)
• Slip road leading from Mountbatten Road into Nicoll Highway
• Three left lanes of the carriageway of Guillemard Road in the direction of Nicoll Highway (between lamp post 4 and Nicoll Highway)

1pm to 3pm, and 6.30pm to 8pm, on June 29, July 6 and July 13:

• North Bridge Road (between Stamford Road and Parliament Place)
• Three left lanes of North Bridge Road (between lamp post 61 and Stamford Road)

3pm to 6.30pm on June 29, July 6 and July 13:

• Extreme left lane of North Bridge Road (between lamp post 69 and Coleman Street)

3pm to 11.59pm on June 29, July 6 and July 13:

• Carriageway of Bayfront Avenue in the direction of Temasek Avenue (between lamp post 35F and Raffles Avenue)
• Slip road leading from Bayfront Avenue into Raffles Avenue
• Two left lanes of Raffles Avenue (between Bayfront Avenue and Raffles Link)
• Raffles Link in the direction of Raffles Avenue (between lamp post 3F and Raffles Avenue)
• Raffles Avenue (between Raffles Link and Nicoll Highway)
• Carriageway of Esplanade Drive in the direction of Fullerton Road (between Nicoll Highway and Fullerton Road)
• Carriageway of Fullerton Road in the direction of Collyer Quay (between Esplanade Drive and lamp post 5)