Dry run for third pedestrian route expected to increase access to Johor checkpoint building

Source: CNA

SINGAPORE: A third route for pedestrians to enter the Malaysia checkpoint building in Johor Bahru - also known as the Bangunan Sultan Iskandar Customs, Immigration and Quarantine Complex (BSI CIQ) - will be made available soon for a trial period of two months.

This comes after the Malaysian Cabinet approved the Johor state government's proposal for the pedestrian route, according to The Star.

Johor Works, Transportation and Infrastructure committee chairman Mohamad Fazli Mohamad Salleh was reported as saying that the third pedestrian route - a shortcut near Hako Hotel - was among issues that were raised by the state government during a recent Cabinet committee meeting on traffic congestion and road safety.

The other two access routes to the checkpoint building are along Jalan Jim Quee and Jalan Tun Abdul Razak. Both these routes funnel pedestrians through JB Sentral to the BSI CIQ.

While the number of pedestrian figures through the JB CIQ is not known, the Johor-Singapore Causeway is one of the busiest border crossings in the world, with 350,000 travellers daily.

A majority of these travellers are Malaysians who work in Singapore, lured by a favourable exchange rate.