Originally Posted by
duckweed
first of all, pls note that i am just sharing my experience. i am not here to defend anything, neither do i see any need to do so.
i have lived here for around 4months. so far, i have never encountered any jams getting out in the morning. most times, i get out via surrey onto newton. at most, there are around 4 cars in front of me. i have gone out before 8am, bet 8am - 9am, after 9am, after 10am. all seem ok. have not encountered any difficulty getting onto newton road even though newton road can be pretty jammy at times. the wait is a little longer if you kena an inexperienced driver in front of you. even then, in such situations, they always manage to make their way onto newton rd somehow.
khiang guan is a 2way road, but rather narrow at some areas (especially the bend). traffic here can be pretty bad due to vehicles trying to get in/out of united square. i tend to bypass this road since surrey is a shorter route to reach lincoln road.
here are the various routes for you to consider when trying to get to park infinia:
1) from newton circus - use keng lee road and then into lincoln road
2) from newton road - use surrey road and then into lincoln road
3) from thomson road - use suffolk walk (note that this entrance is for residents only)
before i moved in, i too was concerned with the traffic conditions around the area, however, i have realised that the various access routes in/out are coming in really handy.
here's an example - i was travelling on dunearn road heading towards newton circus. the jam started before balmoral junction. after some time, i realised traffic was being held up for the 2 lanes towards the circus. as i didn't want to be in the jam, i figured i could go over the flyover, and then make a left turn into makepeace road (near the teck kee pau shop) at bukit timah road. from makepeace, i could get onto kampong java road and then onto thomson road before hitting suffolk walk. i thought this was pretty neat. if not, i would have to make the bigger loop around KK hospital.
i hope this little bit of info helps.