From 1 November 2010, Land Transport Authority (LTA) will take over the following five functions from the Traffic Police (TP):

Mr Colin Lim, LTA’s Group Director for Vehicle and Transit Licensing said, “LTA and TP have jointly reviewed the Road Traffic Act to enhance our functions in ensuring smooth flowing traffic and road safety. Through this review, we have identified five functions that are more in-line with LTA’s strategic thrust to manage road usage and hence agreed for them to be transferred to LTA. Officers from LTA and TP have been working closely to ensure a smooth transition. LTA will maintain the existing service and enforcement standards.”

Commander of Traffic Police, Assistant Commissioner of Police Cheang
Keng Keong, said, “The transfer will allow Traffic Police to better focus on our
core functions such as enforcement against unsafe driving behaviour and
inculcating safe driving habits in motorists.”

Enforcement Of Illegal Parking

Upon taking over the enforcement of illegal parking, LTA will deploy
traffic wardens, auxiliary police officers and its own uniformed enforcement
officers to carry out the function. LTA’s enforcement procedures will be
similar to those of the TP. There will be no change to the penalties for illegal
parking offences.

Members of the public can call LTA’s hotline 1800-CALL LTA (2255
582) on illegal parking matters from 1 November 2010.

Issuing Permits For Carrying Of Loads On Vehicles

LTA will take over the issuing of permits for oversized¹ vehicles to
travel on the roads. Vehicle owners/ drivers can make use of LTA’s on-line
portal, LTA.PROMPT, to submit their applications. The details of the
application process will be made available to the relevant stakeholders closer to
the date of takeover.

Issuing Permits/ Authorisations For Use Of Excluded Vehicles On Expressways

Excluded vehicles, such as ready-mix concrete trucks and tractors are
generally not allowed on the expressways unless they are used for the purpose
of carrying out maintenance, repair and cleaning on the expressways. The
vehicle owners will need to apply for a permit before they are allowed to travel on expressways when such needs arise. These vehicle owners need to apply for
the permit with LTA instead of TP from 1 November 2010.

Vehicle owners/ drivers can submit their applications to LTA via fax at
6553 5399, or email them to excluded_veh@lta.gov.sg. The existing penalty
will be retained.

Closing Roads For Repair And Reconstruction

The provision to close roads/ lanes is to facilitate construction or road
repair works. With this transfer, the LTA will be empowered to close roads and
lanes to facilitate road works. Any person who intends to carry out construction
works on the road shall notify LTA.

Gazetting Road Speed Limits

At present, road speed limits are administratively gazetted by the
Ministry of Home Affairs after the LTA has determined the appropriate speed
limits. To streamline the process, the Ministry of Transport will gazette the
road speed limits set by LTA from 1 November 2010. TP will continue their
enforcement action against speeding offences.

More details on any changes in procedures affecting members of the
public will be available on www.onemotoring.com.sg and
https://prompt.lta.gov.sg nearer to 1 November 2010. Members of the public
may also call the LTA hotline at 1800-CALL LTA (2255 582) for more
information.

For enquiries, please contact:

Karen Ng
Deputy Manager, Media Relations
Land Transport Authority
Tel : 6396 1948 (DID) 9295 7431 (HP)
Email : media@lta.gov.sg

Duty Media Relations Officer
Media Information Centre
Singapore Police Force
Tel: 6748 2122/ 6478 2133