Let’s face it, the land checkpoints between Johor and Singapore can get really, really nasty sometimes. Every day, thousands of Malaysians drive or walk to Singapore to work, choking up Woodlands Causeway and the Second Link with insanely heavy human traffic.
The Johor government has a suggestion to alleviate the strain at the immigration checkpoints on land: Water taxi services for passengers and vehicles to and from Singapore.
The New Straits Times quoted Johor’s Chief Minister Mohamed Khaled Nordin as saying that a feasibility study would be conducted by the Federal government on the service. His plan is to have ferries that will connect Kong Kong in Pasir Gudang to the Changi ferry terminal in a route that should take 20 minutes.
It’s not a new idea though; ferry services between Singapore and Johor currently exist, connecting Changi to Tanjung Belungkor, a 15-minute drive from Desaru, Johor. If not, there’s always the railway service that shuttles passengers across borders in just five minutes.
