Contract awards - J115A & the curious case of Peng Kang Hill

 

Platform level of Peng Kang Hill. Visible are escalators leading to both lower and upper concourse
levels.
Source: LinkedIn

Yesterday, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) awarded contract J115A, which includes the construction of Peng Kang Hill station, to Hwa Seng Builder. The successful contractor is also in charge of neighbouring contract J113 for the construction of Nanyang Crescent and Nanyang Gateway stations. As such, this makes all stations within the Nanyang Technological University under the purview of a single contractor - an undoubtedly useful situation as the contractor should be able to ensure that the flow of construction vehicles into and out of the campus can be regulated much more ease than if the contracts were split between 2 different contractors.

Pre-construction - Peng Kang Hill

Peng Kang Hill is the final station along the Jurong Region Line's western route and will be co-located with a stabling facility for the line. The station will be located next to the Experimental Medicine Building in Nanyang Technological University (NTU).

04 March 2019

URA Draft Master Plan 2019 - Secrets of JRL unveiled

The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has released the Draft Master Plan 2019 today. The station outlines of the Jurong Region Line (JRL) are readily available on the master plan maps and show the detailed alignment of the line. Several questions previously left unanswered by information furnished by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) have since been answered through the maps in the draft master plan - one such example being the set up of Bahar Junction station.

Do take a look at the maps of the stations and we'll unveil some of the secrets of JRL. For the purpose of this post, we will be referring to the JRL system by the West route and the East route.

A map of the Jurong Region Line system. West route is indicated by the full block colour and alphanumeric codes JS and JW. East route is indicated by the striped portion and alphanumeric code JE.
Source: LTA