Tekka S$10 Mn upgrade - problem still persist

I visited the newly upgraded S$!0Mn Tekka Centre this morning.   The centre is remarkably upgraded.  However,  the government failed to solve the problem - massive road blocks,  car parks and traffic madness in the centre.

When the centre was shut down temporarily for upgrading works,  I had written to LTA to express potential problems and also suggestions.   One suggestion is to reverse the flow of traffic at Buffalo Road.   This will dramatically reduce the traffic snarl at Serangoon Road just after Rochor Road and will ease the bus flows.   The tailback of the car park in Tekka Centre goes back to Seranagoon and Rochore.   If the LTA reverse this flow the tailback will be seen at the Race Course road and is not a major road as compare to Serangoon Road.  LTA responded thatt it is looking into it.  I am surprised LTA is still looking at it after 14 months. of upgrading work.    Alternatively,  what LTA could do now is to remove the parking lots in buffalo road to create proper 2 lane. 

LTA had suggested that motorist park the cars in the opposite building Verge Centre (Formerly Tekka Mall).   I wonder if these people who response to public's call actually does marketing ?   How could folks carrying loads of provisions and crossing the road to the opposite car park.   Or,  how long will the traffic takes to reach Buffalo road when someone is waiting under the rain.   (Looks like,  we are having people in the ministry responding to public calls who are not in any way affected with the problem -  this is the biggest problem of our gap). 

I am surprised with HDB for not creating car parks and working with LTA on this problem.   On spending so much on the centre,  HDB failed to address the problem.   HDB could have , with the expertise of our so called engineers and architects,  to build another basement in the Tekka Centre.

I wonder here how REACH will address such cases.

regards

Traveller