Road closures affecting the Marina Centre area will take place from Sept 20 to Oct 2. They are to facilitate the setting up and dismantling of race infrastructure.
To cater to morning peak-hour traffic, the following stretches will be opened: three out of four lanes of a stretch of Nicoll Highway towards Shenton Way and the stretch from Republic Avenue to Raffles Avenue between 5am and 9am between Sept 23 and Oct 1 and between 6am and 9am on Oct 2.
Service delivery vehicles with special labels can access designated roads from 1am to 5am. They must follow the directions of the Auxiliary Police Officers (APOs) and not stop along the roads. Vehicles found parking illegally and causing obstruction will be towed away.
Pedestrians can continue to access all establishments in the Marina Centre area via the underground CityLink walkway, the existing surface walkways and overhead bridges.
Pedestrian access to all buildings will be maintained during the race.
However, access to buildings within the Circuit Park - The Esplanade and Singapore Flyer - will be restricted to F1 ticket-holders only when the race is on.
To ensure business continuity for establishments in the Marina Centre area, some special vehicle labels have been assigned to stakeholders to use designated emergency lanes to access their buildings.
During the race, these emergency lanes will be closed to all traffic except emergency vehicles.
Parking restrictions along the peripheral roads will be strictly enforced. Vehicles found parking illegally and causing obstruction will be towed away.
Public transport
Visitors and commuters going to the Marina Centre area are strongly encouraged to use public transport.
MRT and public bus services
To cope with the anticipated increase in ridership, 36 train trips will be added on the North, East and West-bound schedules in the evenings from Sept23-25 and on Sept 29.
On race days from Sept 26-28, another 960 train trips will be introduced on both the North-South and East-West lines from noon.
A total of 27 public bus services travelling to the Padang and Marina Bay areas will be diverted to the nearest adjacent route. Signs will be put up at affected bus stops to inform the public in advance.
Commuters affected can use a free bridging bus service which connects the City Hall and Bugis MRT stations to the Suntec-Marina Bay and Millenia areas. This service will operate from Sept 23 to Sept 29.
Taxi service
Taxis will not be allowed into the road closure areas, unless they are ferrying hotel guests who have a special Hotel Guest Pass.
If traffic conditions allow, taxis may drop off passengers at the taxi stands at Suntec City Towers 1/2 and 3/4, Millenia Tower and a temporary taxi stand at Centennial Tower if they enter the area via Temasek Boulevard.
Taxis can also drop off passengers at the temporary taxi stand at the driveway of Suntec City (next to Nicoll Highway).
Race weekend (Sept 26-28)
Free shuttle bus services from Outram Park, Clarke Quay, Kallang and Lavender MRT stations are available to ferry race ticket-holders to the vicinity of the circuit. After the race, these buses will also be available to ferry spectators back to the respective MRT stations.
MRT trains will run till 1.30am, while free shuttle bus services for ticket-holders will run till 1am.
Guide
Half a million guides on public transport and traffic information related to the race are available at selected bus interchanges, MRT stations and petrol kiosks islandwide.
