In a bid to reduce congestion, the southern Malaysian state of Johor will deploy an extra 250 immigration officers to its land border crossings with Singapore by September. Johor Chief Minister Onn Hafiz Ghazi made the announcement during a state assembly sitting on...
Earlier in June, he said the Johor Bahru-Singapore Rapid Transit System will eventually help ease the traffic conditions.During Thursday’s state assembly session, Mr Onn Hafiz also presented other measures to address the situation. These included traffic flow management, particularly that of bus routes.
“The state government has chosen not to simply wait but has implemented immediate and short-term measures to address the issue that affects multiple parties while waiting for the RTS in order to overcome the congestion issue at land checkpoints,” he said. Mr Onn Hafiz is reported to have personally visited the checkpoints at least 60 times in his bid to solve the issue.and must be resolved by 2023.
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