Why the road surface in KPE is bumpy ?

[Jacf]

 

I actually avoid KPE if i can, cos its simply too slow.

 

I am staying in North-East, taking KPE to town (e.g Suntec) only need 20mins, much shorter than going by CTE.

I suppose I want to enjoy my drive, not just a means of getting to my destination, so I'd rather drive further and ensure that it's more satisfying..

 

depends on which period u are driving at.. if during peak hrs, then driving on CTE can be torturous at times... stop go stop go and very slow.. as compared to KPE which is constant flow at 70kmh and take shorter time to reach city as compared to CTE during peak hrs.

 

but if during non peak hrs, then i would say CTE is a good route to take compared to KPE cos cars can move at 90kmh which might result in a smoother and shorter travelling..

[Magfocus]

Again, am not talking about CTE, I meant ECP ----> TPE..its a long route, but more enjoyable to me

[Schneider79]

It's not your car.

It's the road. It's a patchwork like home economics.

And I've got a problem traveling the KPE with my car...

[Sky61]

at least its comforting to know that i'm not alone..avoiding KPE until they fix this up...its going to damage our coilovers..not to mention suspension bushings..

[Exowraith]

there is a PIE(Tuas) Exit on KPE(ECP)

[Thermodynamics]

Yes, although 70km/h is slow on open expressway with little traffic, the pace is quite comfortable to me. I just turn on my cruise control and glide all the way.

[Thermodynamics]

I looked at the Mighty Minds street directory and no exit to PIE (Tuas) is shown so I thought KPE will not have direct exit to PIE (Tuas).

[Magfocus]

depending on mood...

[Xmenfreak2]

Pay peanuts and we get monkey.. what else is there to say? Just enjoy the ride..

[Exowraith]

well maybe you can try driving down from TPE.

 

i took that exit today. will exit after PIE's KPE/Bendemeer/Kallang Bahru exit.

[Schneider79]

More or less, they will not be bothered about it until a few more years to come... Maybe they are "running-in" the road first. When the road is run-in, then they increase speed limit to 80km and do resurfacing.

[Passion]

I just write in to LTA yesterday.And today the contractor and LTA personnel called me.I told them,the road was bumpy,the road stripe also cause my car to bump everytime i drove over it.Their reply,road bumpy is because it's new.it'll be ok after a while. Then they mention abt the stripe,they say stripe has height limit,cannot be too thick,if too thick,they will remove and redraw it. What a lame excuse,why no QC?only QC when people complain.So here,I urge all MCFer to write in,call in to LTA to complain whichever road they uncomfortable with,they will send ppl down to justify,if really cannot,they will ask contractor to repair.If all MCFer chips in,think our road will be as smooth as baby's buttock.

[Kwchan]

wait they give excuse to turn on ERP due to high maintenance cost.

 

i am fine with speed limit and all the bumps as long as they dont turn on the gantries

[Kwchan]

there should be an exit to bendemeer and Kallang Bahru!!

 

now i got to exit CTE and make a big turn back to bendemeer

[Racerboi]

for bendemeer, you should exit bartley road or sims. there's another exit (going in the direction of punggol) which i have forgotten.

[Solar]

huh? new road that's why bumpy? what logic is that?

 

u didnt ask them then how come the road from tpe into kpe is so silky smooth?

also, if my memory served me correctly, cte tunnel also swee swee guud guud when it first started. lame answer..

[Thermodynamics]

well maybe you can try driving down from TPE.

 

i took that exit today. will exit after PIE's KPE/Bendemeer/Kallang Bahru exit.

Ok thanks! I'm glad KPE is well-connected. It allows me to avoid the dreaded CTE jams.

[Detion]

Impossible for them to 偷工减料 as the project is directly under LTA and for this kind of projects, there will be consultants and LTA personnel will be constantly monitoring. Also when the whole road is finish, LTA might ask them to dig down a small part of the road and measure the thickness of each layer of the road. Our road composition is quite strict which contractor must ensure the thickness of various composition like soil, granite stone, quarry dust and Asphalt. There is a certain level of compaction required.