Yellow boxes added & bus bay extended near Cnergy Dunman due to queue for cheaper fuel

On Mar. 18, 2026, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) added yellow junction boxes along Dunman Road at the junction of Ceylon Road and Carpmael Road, as well as extended the bus bay to facilitate the movement of buses.

This was in response to the long queue caused by motorists waiting to enter the Cnergy Dunman petrol station, which has been offering relatively cheaper fuel in Singapore.

When excluding discounts, Cnergy currently charges up to S$1 cheaper than competitors.

Mitigate queue formation issue

Minister of State Goh Pei Ming, who is also MP for Marine Parade GRC, wrote on Facebook on Wednesday to inform the public that yellow box markings have been added and the bus bay was extended.

He wrote: "These measures are intended to keep junctions clear, improve traffic flow along the main road, and reduce unnecessary bottlenecks, especially during peak periods."

He mentioned in an earlier post that day that LTA was also arranging for auxiliary police officers to be deployed to help manage traffic flow in the area.

Queue on Saturday afternoon

Checks by Mothership on Mar. 21 at about 3pm showed that the queue to enter Cnergy Dunman did not appear to be as long as previous days.

About 10 cars were seen waiting to enter Cnergy Dunman.

Drivers cut queue by using yellow boxes

However, some residents in the area have noted that the yellow boxes could end up being used to cut queue.

One resident told Mothership that motorists who want to cut queue would turn into Carpmael Road located less than 25m before Cnergy Dunman's entrance.

The motorists would then turn out of Carpmael Road and into the yellow box to go back onto Dunman Road.

Some would even cut into the yellow box at Carpmael Road from the right.

Motorists are less inclined to give way at the yellow boxes as well as the bus bay as a result of queue-cutting behaviour.

These incidents occurred when no auxiliary police officers were deployed, it was noted.

Cnergy trying to win market share for now

Union Gas chief executive Teo Hark Piang told The Business Times on Mar. 20 that Cnergy was absorbing the rising wholesale costs of fuel directly to acquire customers and market share aggressively by relying on volume to offset tight margins.

“We make a very, very marginal profit... there are days that we really go without profits,” he said

Cnergy is under Union Gas Holdings, which provides fuel products in Singapore.

BT also reported that Union Gas is not using hedging strategies to lock down oil prices months in advance to keep pump prices down in the event of price shocks.

Teo said Union Gas treats the costs as a form of “marketing expenditure”.

Cost savings that could have gone into marketing becomes cost savings for customers, he added.

Top photos via Goh Pei Ming