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Wednesday, September 4, 2019

Running Cross Island line under nature reserve feasible

Source Website: https://www.tnp.sg/news/singapore/running-cross-island-line-under-nature-reserve-feasible
By Toh Ting Wei, The New Paper, 03 September 2019 at 06:00 am


LTA said mitigation measures would reduce the impact on the ecology and biodiversity in the Central Catchment Nature Reserve to negligible levels.
PHOTO: LTA said mitigation measures would reduce the impact on the ecology and biodiversity in the Central Catchment Nature Reserve to negligible levels.
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Options of building MRT line under the Central Catchment Nature Reserve or around it are both found to be feasible

The future Cross Island MRT line that will stretch from Tuas to Changi may run under the Central Catchment Nature Reserve or go around it.

Both options are feasible with adequate mitigation measures, said the Land Transport Authority (LTA), which has completed a major study of the potential impact of construction works on the environment and residents.

Skirting the reserve would make the route longer and more expensive.


The option to build a direct alignment option would create a 4km route with 2km under the reserve.
PHOTO: The option to build a direct alignment option would create a 4km route with 2km under the reserve. Meanwhile, the option to build a skirting tunnel would create a 9km route. Residents in the area said the option to skirt the nature reserve would affect them. The Government has also said the skirting option could cost an additional ＄2 billion.
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If the final decision - likely to be made by the end of next year - is to build under the reserve, tunnelling will be done 70m underground.

This is the deepest any MRT tunnel will go, in a move by the authorities to further mitigate environmental impact on the reserve.

Initial plans had called for a tunnel under the reserve at a depth of around 40m. The deepest tunnel today is at 43m.

LTA said: "Based on the report, both underground alignments are feasible, and the residual impacts are largely (negligible to) moderate."

It added that no decision has been made on the alignment, but said it would take all steps to mitigate potential environmental impact.

The Cross Island Line (CRL), Singapore's eighth MRT line, is projected to have an initial daily ridership of 600,000, before growing to a million in the future.

12 STATIONS
The first phase of the line is expected to be completed by 2029 and will span 12 stations from Changi to Sin Ming.


The Cross Island Line, which will have about 30 stops, will be built in stages.
PHOTO: The Cross Island Line, which will have about 30 stops, will be built in stages. The first stage is expected to be opened in 2029 with 12 stations (above).

The first phase of the line is expected to be completed by 2029 and will span 12 stations from Changi to Sin Ming.
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Nature groups have said that building the line under the nature reserve would damage it.

But residents in the area said the option to skirt the nature reserve would affect them. The Government has also said the skirting option could cost an additional ＄2 billion.

LTA's report yesterday stated that the option to build a direct alignment option would create a 4km route with 2km under the reserve.

This would be built 70m below average ground level - roughly the height of a 25-storey Housing Board block.

This route would allow trips between the last station of the second phase of CRL - yet unnamed - and Bright Hill station, the first station from the first phase of the line, to be completed in five minutes.


Option 1 would be built 70m below average ground level - roughly the height of a 25-storey Housing Board  block.
PHOTO: Option 1 would be built 70m below average ground level - roughly the height of a 25-storey Housing Board  block. Option 2 would be built at 45m below average ground level, a safe level for existing buildings.
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Mitigation measures would reduce the impact on the ecology and biodiversity in the Central Catchment Nature Reserve to negligible levels, said LTA.

Meanwhile, the option to build a skirting tunnel would create a 9km route. This would be built at 45m below average ground level, a safe level for existing buildings.

The skirting route would result in a longer travelling time of 11 minutes from Bright Hill to the unnamed next station.

LTA said that based on the planned skirting route, it would not be feasible to build an additional station along this 11-minute stretch.

The report, on LTA's website, will be open to public feedback for a month.

All relevant views will be considered by the Government before a decision is made on the issue.


Land Transport Master Plan 2013
PHOTO: Land Transport Master Plan 2013
In the Land Transport Master Plan 2013 announced on 17 January 2013, the Cross Island Line will be a 50km line that traverse the island and is expected to be completed by 2030. The line will enhance east-west travel by relieving crowds on the existing East West Line and Downtown Line.
The line passes through Changi, Loyang, Pasir Ris, Hougang, Ang Mo Kio, Sin Ming, Bukit Timah, Clementi, West Coast and the Jurong Industrial Estate. The eastern leg of the Cross Island Line includes a section that extends into Punggol.
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Mitigation measures would reduce the impact on the ecology and biodiversity in the Central Catchment Nature Reserve to negligible levels, said LTA.
Mitigation measures would reduce the impact on the ecology and biodiversity in the Central Catchment Nature Reserve to negligible levels, said LTA.
PHOTO: Mitigation measures would reduce the impact on the ecology and biodiversity in the Central Catchment Nature Reserve to negligible levels, said LTA.
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By Toh Ting Wei, The New Paper, 03 September 2019 at 06:00 am - ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY ZHAKI ABDULLAH
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Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Cross Island line debate misses elephant in room

By Christopher Tan, christan@sph.com.sg, The Straits Times, Tuesday, 16 February 2016


The proposed alignment of the new Cross Island Line, which could run through the Central Catchment Nature Reserve, has sparked heated debate.


PHOTO: The proposed alignment of the new Cross Island Line, which could run through the Central Catchment Nature Reserve, has sparked heated debate.
By cutting through a tract of primary and secondary forests, LTA would not only do irreparable damage to a pristine habitat, but it will also be rendering up to 4km of the 50km rail project void of patronage and revenue.
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The proposed alignment of the new Cross Island Line, which could run through the Central Catchment Nature Reserve, has sparked heated debate.

While we must do what we can to preserve our natural heritage, we should not shy away from taking hard decisions, if necessary. That has been the pragmatism Singapore prides itself on.

But is building an MRT line under Singapore's largest nature reserve necessary?

It is not.

Not only that, it is actually counter-productive to have a mass rapid transit line traversing an unpopulated, forested area.


Call for 'zero impact' for MRT line under MacRitchie nature reserve
PHOTO: Call for 'zero impact' for MRT line under MacRitchie nature reserve
Posted by Christopher Tan, Senior Transport Correspondent, Published on 16 February 2016 at 5:00 am SGT
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The basic tenet of transport infrastructure like an MRT line must be for it to serve the masses. Going by this principle alone, the proposed alignment of the Cross Island Line is flawed.

By going through a tract of primary and secondary forests, the Land Transport Authority would not only do irreparable damage to a pristine habitat nestling around our reservoirs, but it will also be rendering up to 4km of the 50km rail project void of patronage and revenue.

The Nature Society's suggestion of an alternative route is sound, even if its primary consideration is to prevent the destruction of indigenous flora and fauna.

The route calls for the line to loop around the southern edges of the nature reserve.

This actually will allow it to serve residents in Thomson, Lornie and Adam roads, not to mention the massive development planned for Bukit Brown.


Rainforest stream within the MacRitchie Forest
PHOTO: Rainforest stream within the MacRitchie Forest
Cross Island Line, Discussion and Position Paper
The Cross Island Line is proposed to pass through the southern section of the Central Catchment Nature Reserve. The purpose of nature reserves is for the conservation of native flora and fauna, they should not to be seen as vacant State land through which transport corridors may be placed. The Nature Society believes that engineering investigation and construction works for the Cross Island Line will severely degrade pristine habitats within the nature reserve and recommends that the design alignment be adjusted to avoid crossing the reserve.
18 July 2013
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Align it a bit farther south, and it can even serve Balestier, a bustling hub that does not have any MRT planned as yet.

The LTA says the alternative route would entail longer travelling time, higher cost, more land acquisition, and possibly bigger engineering challenges associated with going through a more built-up area. These reasons hold little merit when compared with the benefits of serving a larger community.

And if travelling time were such a huge concern, surely we should look to things such as speedier trains, better synchronicity between train and platform doors, and a more sophisticated signalling system?

Admittedly, a diversion will cost more than going straight through the forest. But then again, think of the larger benefit.

The higher ridership and revenue that come with a line that serves populated areas instead of an uninhabited nature reserve will pay for the higher cost over the lifetime of the line. So, let's not be penny-wise and pound-foolish.

As for land acquisition, that is something that is unavoidable whenever we build a new rail line. The Singapore Government has never been afraid to acquire land for the larger good. And since it is now paying market rate for properties, the pain of those affected is much less than before.

The same rationale goes for any noise, dust and inconvenience that arise from a major infrastructural project.

You cannot make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.

Lastly, engineering challenges. The LTA has never shied from engineering challenges. In fact, from some of the tasks it has undertaken, it would seem that LTA's engineers love challenges.

They have diverted canals, moved rivers, excavated below viaducts, built tunnels that are just 70cm away from an existing operating tunnel, diverted a stretch of road more than 20 times, and built retaining walls that go 70m into the ground.

Heck, they have even built a 10-lane highway under the sea. And for the Thomson-East Coast Line, they are freezing the earth to prevent water seepage while constructing the Marina Bay station.

So, the proposal to have an MRT line bisecting our nature reserve has little to do with a lack of engineering confidence.

It has even less to do with saving time or risking more land acquisitions. It may have something to do with keeping construction costs down, but that would be tragic, if true.

But for the LTA to even suggest an alignment that goes right past a population centre seems to suggest a failure on the part of planners to see the forest for the trees. 

By Christopher Tan, christan@sph.com.sg, The Straits Times, Tuesday, 16 February 2016
This article was first published on February 16, 2016.
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The giant forest trees in the Bukit Timah and Central Catchment nature reserves.
PHOTO: The giant forest trees in the Bukit Timah and Central Catchment nature reserves.
What does 'moderate' impact mean?
Last week, an environment assessment report said the effect of soil testing works on animals and plants in the Central Catchment Nature Reserve could be kept to "moderate" levels if measures to reduce impact are strictly implemented.

What does "moderate" mean? The roughly 1,000-page report, seen by The Sunday Times, said a moderate impact "falls somewhere in the range from a threshold below which the impact is minor, up to a level that might be just short of breaching a legal limit".

Assistant Professor Chian Siau Chen of the civil and environmental engineering department at the National University of Singapore said there are usually five categories under the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) framework: Major, moderate, minor, negligible and beneficial.

"Moderate usually refers to moderately adverse changes to the ecosystem which may exceed the range of natural variation," he said, adding that potential for recovery without intervention is good, although a low level of impact may remain.

But Ms Natalia Huang, principal ecologist at consultancy Ecology Matters, pointed out that there is no standard description for such terms in Singapore. How the terms are used could vary, she said.

"Ideally, impacts to very sensitive environments such as the freshwater streams in the Central Catchment Nature Reserve should be negligible to minor, although some moderate impacts are often unavoidable, " she said.

Ms Huang called for the EIA report to be put online, as is standard practice in other countries. It is now available for public viewing at the Land Transport Authority's Hampshire Road premises, and by appointment only, until March 4.

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Monday, November 3, 2014

Springleaf Nature Park: First of four new parks near Central Catchment Nature Reserve opens

The Sunday Times, Sunday, 02 November 2014
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PHOTO: Mr Desmond Lee (second from left) and Dr Lee Bee Wah (right) tour the Springleaf Nature Park.
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The six-hectare park includes a rest shelter, toilets, a carpark, trails and an observation deck for bird-watchers. The nature parks are meant to reduce the number of visitors to the reserve to prevent overcrowding, which may harm the vegetation and wildlife there.


The 6ha Springleaf Nature Park.
PHOTO: The 6ha Springleaf Nature Park.
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Minister of State for National Development Desmond Lee, who was the guest of honour at the park's opening, noted that its site is also a historical marker of Singapore's early days. "It was formerly a kampung known as Chan Chu Kang, named after a headman, Chan Ah Lak, who acquired 18 hectares in 1850 to cultivate gambier and pepper," he said. "Even as we become more urbanised, we will continue to protect our nature reserves by establishing green buffers around them, and some of these buffers will come in the form of nature parks that are located at the reserves' margins."


Dr Lee Bee Wah with Mr Desmond Lee and NParks CEO Kenneth Er planting a tree at the Springleaf Nature Park.
PHOTO: Dr Lee Bee Wah with Mr Desmond Lee and NParks CEO Kenneth Er planting a tree at the Springleaf Nature Park.
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Two nature parks have already been opened near the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve: the Hindhede Nature Park in 2001 and the Dairy Farm Nature Park in 2009. Mr Lee said construction work is starting on the Chestnut Nature Park, the second of the four parks for the Central Catchment Nature Reserve. This will be an 80-hectare park with trails for hiking and biking, as well as a seven-storey tower to offer visitors a panoramic view of the greenery.
By Feng Zengkun, zengkun@sph.com.sg, Published on Nov 1, 2014 11:40 AM


The Springleaf Nature Park, the first of four new nature parks around the Central Catchment Nature Reserve, was officially opened on Saturday.
PHOTO: The Springleaf Nature Park, the first of four new nature parks around the Central Catchment Nature Reserve, was officially opened on Saturday.
It used to be a kampung and a rubber plantation. It is also a bird watcher's dream palace with migratory birds: White-throated Kingfisher, Blue-tailed Bee-eater, Yellow-Vented Bulbul and the singing Yellow-bellied Prinia. By Melissa Heng, melheng@sph.com.sg, Published on Nov 1, 2014 1:53 PM.
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