Heavy traffic at land checkpoints expected at year end

Travellers can expect very heavy traffic at Woodlands and Tuas checkpoints during the upcoming Christmas and New Year holidays, and are advised to factor in extra waiting time.

- Sarah Koh

The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said on Dec 19 that more than 3.4 million travellers crossed the land checkpoints during the first week of the year-end school holidays, between Nov 15 and 21.

On Dec 13, more than 553,000 travellers crossed in a single day, surpassing the previous peak of more than 543,000 travellers on Sept 6.