Study on civil servants’ property purchases near planned MRT stations among issues to be raised in parliament on Oct 6

The viaduct section, from Admiralty Road West to Lentor Avenue in northern Singapore, is expected to open in phases from 2029, instead of 2027 as previously announced. 

Construction of the corridor has been ongoing since 2018. 

Last month, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said that the project was facing challenging ground conditions and complex engineering work. It described the stretch in the Novena area as one of the project’s “most technically demanding” sections.

MP Louis Chua (WP-Sengkang) asked Minister for Transport Jeffrey Siow whether pre-construction site investigations had identified the engineering complexities, as well as the geological, groundwater and subsurface risks that were encountered later.

He asked why the issues were not adequately addressed in construction plans if they had been identified, and whether LTA could publish the ground information provided to the project’s tenderers and the actual conditions encountered at affected sites.