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WORK on the $130 million Woodsville Interchange, which will help ease jams for residents in the north-east, officially started on Thursday. The project, made up of three tunnels and one flyer, will connect four roads seamlessly: Bendemeer Road, Serangoon Road, Upper Serangoon Road and MacPherson Road. Currently, these four roads converge in a congested junction, causing heavy traffic jams. Land Transport Authority chief executive Yam Ah Mee said the Woodsville Interchange, when completed in 2011, will boost traffic volume by 30 per cent. It will carry 11,000 vehicles per hour, compared to 8,000 vehicles now. Vehicles also have to wait up to 10 minutes to cross the intersection now. This is expected to be cut to four minutes when the road interchange is up and running, said Mr Yam, who launched the groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday with Minister for the Evnironment and Water Resources Yaacob Ibrahim, who is also adviser to the Kolam Ayer Grassroots Organisations. Late last year, LTA officials went around the neighbourhood to brief residents on the road project before work started. A Project Community and Control Centre - or PC Cube - will also be built near the Woodsville Interchange to update residents on the progress of the project. Yr 2011 Complete [thumbsup]

Motor racing-F1 governing body opens race probe SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium, Aug 30 - Formula One's governing body has opened an investigation into alleged events at a past grand prix, the International Automobile Federation said on Sunday. "The FIA can confirm an investigation is under way regarding alleged incidents at a previous Formula One world championship event," said a spokeswoman at the Belgian Grand Prix. No details were given about which race was being investigated and sources close to the governing body refused to divulge any details. Both the autosport.com and grandprix.com websites referred however to last year's Singapore Grand Prix won by Renault's Fernando Alonso. The double world champion won the sport's first floodlit race after Brazilian team mate Nelson Piquet, who has since parted from the team, crashed and brought out the safety car. Tsk tsk tsk . . . . I did mention something to this effect to my colleagues but they had laughed me off. That crash was like "ochestrated" Let's see the outcome of the investigation