I am doubtful it can work as a alternative mode of transport beween Singapore - JB . Likely for leisure use , such as rich man yatch and tours, which is their intention leh . Boats and sampans was invented much more earlier than cars !
Maybe send them to Poyan reservoir area? Enjoy the greenery and sound GPMGs roaring.
You see jam only occurs on long weekends / holidays , hence boats operators may only be getting critical mass on these occasions . How about normal days ? Also chances are Singapore side is not too keen to make things so easy , cheaper and smooth lah , just that they wont /cant tell you, its all political .
Yah, I don't like to ascribe to political shenanigans what is probably easier explained by sheer incompetence or its equivalent, but it's very hard to excape the feeling that Singapore simply does not want to make it easy for Singaporeans to travel in and out of Johor.
I have had the bad luck of needing to use the causeway several times lately, and everytime during strict non-peak hours (leaving SG weekdays around 9am, returning around 12pm), and entering Singapore is ridiculous.
There are so many immigration lanes open, that get shepherded into 4 lanes after the usual customs inspection, left and right, and these 8 lanes are so close together get shepherded into 2 narrow lanes, which within 10metres, get narrowed into a single lane that does absolutely nothing. Unless the 6 policeman/women standing around there looking so happy can better spot criminals in vehicles travelling at 1km/hr.
Quite ridiculous, takes 10-15minutes to clear immigration and customs, and inch forward slower than a snail for 30minutes just to travel about 30 meters to get to BKE.
Reminds me of how we treat of southern neighbour, when discussing treaties etc, insist on inserting conditions they know will never be met by, and then coming out with statements like 'they're puzzled' at the response they are getting even though they have been acting in ... good faith.
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