The Land Transport Authority (LTA) awarded four contracts as part of the project to widen the Central Expressway (CTE) (from Bukit Timah Road to Yio Chu Kang Road) to four continuous lanes to improve traffic flow.

The four contracts will involve road widening works along the following stretches of the CTE between:

i. Bukit Timah Road and Moulmein Flyover (Contract ER 287)
ii. Pan Island Expressway and Braddell Interchange (Contract ER 288)
iii. Braddell Road and Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 (Contract ER 285)
iv. Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 and Yio Chu Kang Road (Contract ER 286)

The four new contracts awarded are worth a total sum of $199.26 million. Contract ER288 is awarded to Or Kim Peow Contractors at $119.27 million, and the other 3 contracts, ER 285, ER 286 and ER 287 are awarded to Downer EDI Works Pte Ltd at a total contract sum of $79.99 million.

Widening works for the CTE started in mid 2008 for the first stretch of the CTE between Ang Mo Kio Ave 1 and Ang Mo Kio Ave 3 and were completed by 4th quarter of 2009.

With the award of the four new contracts, LTA has commenced widening works, including structure widening to 7 existing flyovers, at these other four stretches from the 2nd quarter 2009.

For the stretch of CTE between PIE and Braddell Interchange, a pair of flyovers will be constructed as part of the widening works. 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.

When the entire widening project is completed by end 2011, there will be four uninterrupted continuous lanes along the CTE (from Bukit Timah Road to Yio Chu Kang Road) to better meet the increasing travel demand of the North-East corridor.

Or Kim Peow Contractors (Pte) Ltd is a local contractor who has considerable experience in building and maintaining various road infrastructures. They are the current contractor for the ongoing widening works on CTE between Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 and Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 as well as for the road widening project for Eunos Link and Jalan Eunos.

Or Kim Peow has also been involved in past road projects such as the widening of Bukit Timah Expressway and Pan Island Expressway as well as the road widening and modification works to complete the F1 circuit.

Downer EDI Works Pte Ltd is a foreign owned local contractor who also has considerable experience in building and maintaining various road infrastructures. Downer had recently completed the widening of the Seletar Expressway between Upper Thomson Road and east of Lentor Ave. They are currently also one of LTA's term contractors for adhoc road upgrading, improvement and maintenance work.

Downer EDI Works Pte Ltd has also been involved in past road projects such as the Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway (between Defu Lane 3 and Fish Farm Road), the widening of Telok Paku Road & Nicoll Drive and the construction of a new 1.2km road that forms the finishing straight of the F1 circuit.

Works stipulated under this contract, involve the widening of existing dual 3-lane carriageway to a dual 4-lane carriageway at CTE from Braddell Road to Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1. It involves the widening of existing Ang Mo Kio South Flyover and the bridge over the canal which are both connected via CTE.

The widening works started on 2nd February 2009 and is scheduled to end by the 4th Quarter of 2011.

Last Updated: 3 February 2010