New flyover connecting Bayshore with ECP to be completed by 2030

SINGAPORE – Come 2030, residents in Bayshore will be able to use a new vehicular flyover to travel from Bedok South Road to the ECP. The new Bayshore Flyover will serve existing and new developments in Bayshore, Upper East Coast and other areas in the east of Singapore by improving connectivity, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) told The Straits Times on Feb 24. LTA said works are expected to begin in 2026, and will be completed in phases from 2029. The works are expected to be fully completed in 2030.

By the mid-2030s, Bayshore will house 10,000 new homes – 7,000 Housing Board flats and 3,000 private housing units. Among these are flats from two Build-To-Order projects, Bayshore Vista and Bayshore Palms, which were launched for sale in October 2024 and will be ready by the second quarter of 2029. Based on tender documents published by LTA on government procurement website GeBiz on Feb 18, the works will also entail the construction of a dual four-lane road connecting Bayshore Avenue to the new flyover. The ECP will be widened with the addition of a city-bound lane near Laguna Flyover.

Other road upgrades include new slip roads at two junctions in Bayshore Road, a pedestrian staircase linking the new Bayshore Flyover to East Coast Park, and cycling paths along the flyover and towards East Coast Park.

The documents also show that LTA is planning to build four bus stops in Bayshore Drive, where a 400m “transit priority corridor” will be located. This corridor will feature bus-only lanes, footpaths, cycling paths and wider sheltered pavements. LTA said that along with the new Bayshore MRT station and the upcoming Bedok South MRT station on the Thomson-East Coast Line, these improvements will provide residents of new developments in Bayshore, Bedok and Upper East Coast with greater convenience and connectivity.

Bedok South station will open in the second half of 2026. More details about the planned improvements will be provided when the contract is awarded in the second half of 2025, noted LTA.

Bayshore, a 60ha extension of Bedok town that sits on reclaimed land bounded by Upper East Coast Road and the ECP, is designed to be car-lite.

It will have cycling and walking paths that will be connected to the Round Island Route, a continuous 150km park connector, and an upcoming 15km green corridor linking East Coast Park and Changi Beach.

Ms Tammy Tan, 23, a future resident of Bayshore Vista, welcomed the new flyover, but is worried that traffic congestion and noise pollution in the area might worsen.

The postgraduate student, who drives to her parents’ condominium in Bayshore Road frequently, said the flyover may allow traffic to flow faster. The roads there are now very congested, especially during peak hours.

But she is concerned that motorists from other estates may also use the flyover, which may worsen the traffic snarls. As her new flat will face the expressway, Ms Tan is also worried that greater traffic may result in “more honking”, increasing noise pollution.

Another future Bayshore Vista resident, Mr William Chan, 29, is looking forward to the potential connectivity pedestrians and cyclists travelling between Bayshore and East Coast Park can get from the new flyover.

But the public relations analyst said that while the Bayshore Flyover may be built to relieve heavy traffic in Upper East Coast and Bedok South Road by diverting traffic away from the Laguna Flyover, he is worried that it would lead to more vehicular traffic near Bayshore.

If so, this would defeat the purpose of the car-lite policy of the Bayshore area “unless LTA takes advantage of the new flyover to expand and prioritise the public bus network”, added Mr Chan.

Bedok South resident Angel Tan, 28, is concerned that the new flyover may cause heavier jams in the area in the mornings, especially with schools such as Temasek Primary School nearby. However, the optometrist – who will move into Bayshore Vista when it is ready – said she is not worried about possible noise from the future roadworks. She is prepared for higher noise levels, since her new flat will be next to the expressway and near Changi Airport.