History
The contract for the construction of EMAS was awarded by the LTA to Singapore Technologies Electronics in December 1996. The first phase, implemented only on the Central Expressway, was launched officially on 21 March 1998 by then Minister of State for Communications, John Chen.
The system was further expanded in its second phase to monitor tunnels of the CTE, as well as Ayer Rajah Expressway, East Coast Parkway and Pan Island Expressway. This was implemented by April 2000.
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