Tanjong Katong South Road fully reopens after sinkhole incident
Bus services 36 and 48 have also resumed their normal routes.
SINGAPORE - The stretch of Tanjong Katong Road South that has been closed for repairs after a sinkhole emerged there about a week ago was fully reopened as at 5am on Aug 4.
When The Straits Times visited the site during the morning peak hour from 8am to 10am on Aug 4, traffic was calm and smooth.
Some works were taking place in the vicinity, including the laying of pipes along Amber Gardens Road near Tanjong Katong MRT station and other works on the slip road leading from Mountbatten Road to Tanjong Katong Road South.
The affected section of Tanjong Katong Road South had opened gradually, with the section from ECP to Mountbatten Road opening earlier at noon on Aug 2. The opposite bound had opened later from 5am on Aug 4.
Residents whom The Straits Times spoke to said they were happy that the affected road had reopened after it was closed for about a week.
Mr Ryzky Yuda, 36, who lives at a nearby condominium, said he was happy that he can now return to his daily routine of taking bus service 36 to get to his workplace in Suntec City.
Bus services 36 and 48 were temporarily diverted during the road closure and skipped certain bus stops along their route.
The information technology sales executive said that for the past week, he had to take the Thomson-East Coast Line from Tanjong Katong MRT station to Marina Bay station, before switching lines to get to Promenade station.
This journey would take around 35 minutes, which was longer than his normal 15-minute bus journey.

Likewise, Ms Irene Gn, 69, said she was happy that the bus routes had been reinstated.
The retired sales manager was affected by the temporary diversion of the bus services, when she tried taking bus service 36 from the airport back home but did not know that the bus would skip the bus stop along Tanjong Katong Road South. She ended up going to Suntec City then taking the train back to Tanjong Katong.
She had also stopped going to Orchard Road to run errands for the past week, as bus service 36 was not operating from the bus stop near her home along Amber Garden Road due to the road diversion.
Mr Xie Shi Lin, 36, said he had to take a slightly longer route whenever he drove on weekends and after work on weekdays.
Although the information technology executive typically commutes to his workplace via MRT, he said he found it a little inconvenient that he had to take a detour by leaving from the Marine Parade exit from ECP, instead of the usual Tanjong Katong exit, for the past week. But he added that it was not too bad, given that he had alternative routes to take.
"The traffic looks fine now, so I'm quite happy to try it out," he said.
The sinkhole appeared in Tanjong Katong Road South on the evening of July 26, causing a car and its driver to fall in.
The driver was rescued by workers on-site and was taken conscious to hospital. It was previously reported that she was experiencing muscular pains, and was still recovering in hospital as at July 29.
On July 27, the damaged car was hoisted out of the sinkhole.
The sinkhole was refilled early on July 28 with liquefied stabilised soil, which is made of soil, cement and water. Works to test the ground were carried out thereafter.
On July 29, Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu apologised to the injured driver as well as those inconvenienced on behalf of her ministry and PUB, adding that the incident should not have happened.
The Building and Construction Authority (BCA) will conduct an independent probe into the incident, while the Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment will carry out an internal investigation.
Esther Loi for The Straits Times