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Source:
www.lta.gov.sg |
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Downtown Line Depot To Be Constructed Near
Woodlands In December 2008 |
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The site for the Downtown Line depot has
been gazetted today after extensive technical studies and site surveys.
Located off Woodlands Road, the 21-hectare depot, situated at the north
end of the Downtown Line Stage 2, will house the Operation Control
Centre and provide stabling, maintenance, operations and support
facilities for Downtown Line Stages 1 and 2. |
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Construction for the depot is scheduled to
commence in December 2008 and will be completed in 2015. |
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As the construction of the depot encroaches
on part of the Kwong Hou Sua Teochew Cemetery, some 1,957 graves on the
affected site will need to be exhumed. [Please refer to Annex 2 for
details of the exhumation exercise] |
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Phase 1 of the exhumation of the graves for
the Downtown Line depot development is scheduled to commence in
mid-October 2008. The remaining graves which are not affected in Phase 1
will be exhumed under Phase 2, which will be carried out by the
Singapore Land Authority (SLA). |
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The construction of the $12 billion Downtown
Line is part of the plan to develop a comprehensive rail network system
to meet our travel needs in the future. |
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Annex 1 |
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Annex 2 |
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Source:
www.lta.gov.sg News Release 26
Feb 2008 |
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