SingaporeSurf

LTA is probably the agency that wasted the most taxpayers' money. From failed projects such as the GPS system on buses, to aborted projects such as the headquarter-over-canal, to stupid projects such as the we-estimate-time-and-you-guess-whether-got-congestion-on-expression display panels, LTA has probably wasted millions and millions of money paid by taxpayers.

Now, we discover things get worse. LTA also destroys our history. Without permission from anyone, LTA destroyed part of a 100-year-old structure that is supposed to be protected under the Preservation of Monuments Act.

Of course, destroying history is not something new. Remember the National Library that was destroyed because LTA want to build a tunnel? Remember the National Theatre that was destroyed because... er... for no good reason at all? And, of course, all the homes and families that had been forced to move and abandon memories, in the name of progress (read: roads and rails)?

Along the line of the "new NKF", I guess it's time we tear down the current LTA, rethink what we really want in terms of land transport management, and redo a new LTA.