CRL3 - Contracts CR3016, CR3018 & CR3019

22 June 2025 - A soil investigation rig for contract CR3016 near Jurong Pier station.

During the groundbreaking ceremony held for the Cross Island Line (CRL)'s phase 2 the Acting Minister for Transport, Mr. Jeffrey Siow, also alluded to the fact that studies on phase 3 of the line were nearly completed, with a potential announcement by year's end. You may watch his full speech here. Corresponding to his comments, we have also noted an uptick in the amount of advanced works that have been taking place along the alignment of this phase - notably pertaining to contracts CR3016, CR3018 & CR3019.

First off, what are these contracts for?

• Contract CR3016 - Provision of Soil Investigation Works for LTA projects
• Contract CR3018 - Earthworks and Associated Works
• Contract CR3019 - Utilities diversion and Associated Works

Contract CR3016
This might be of the most interest, seeing that the contract pertains to soil investigations which would take place along the alignment of CRL3. There have been noticeable works along Jalan Buroh and a quick check along Gul Circle also unveiled further boreholes that were drilled in the past year. Soil investigations serve to extract samples of the soil to allow engineers to better understand the rock composition. Rocks of differing hardness and weathering have different properties, which in turn affects construction methodology.

6 July 2025 - Boreholes near to Gul Circle East-West Line (EWL) station along Gul Circle.

6 July 2025 - A borehole near the junction of Gul Crescent & Gul Circle.

6 July 2025 - Another borehole at the junction of Gul Link and Gul Circle.

6 July 2025 - Locations of boreholes observed at the other end of Gul Circle, near to Benoi Road.

6 July 2025 - Borehole near the junction of Gul Way and Gul Circle.

6 July 2025 - A rather recent borehole along Gul Circle.

Contract CR3018
A sign for the project was recently seen at the location of the former Raffles Country Club in Tuas. We understand that the CRL will have a secondary depot located in the western region, thus it would make sense for the depot to be located next to the Singapore Rail Testing Centre (SRTC), potentially even being linked to the facility similar to the EWL. Plans unveiled during the launch of the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA)'s draft master plan 2025 also indicate that the plot of land will be used for transport facilities. Coupled with the minister's update, it would appear that our initial educated guesses may have been close to the mark.

A screenshot from URA space, showing an overlay of the existing land use over the zoning.
The area in white of the former Raffles Country Club has been used for the SRTC facility, while
the area in green will likely be used for the CRL western depot.

A screenshot of the draft masterplan 2025 land zoning.

6 July 2025 - Project signage at the site of the former Raffles Country Club indicating that the
works fall under contract CR3018.

6 July 2025 - A view of the former Raffles Country Club grounds seen from an EWL MRT train
en route to Gul Circle.

6 July 2025 - A view of the grounds of the former Raffles Country Club, with hoarding being
erected ahead of earthworks commencing.

Contract CR3019
This contract involves the diversion of utilities and associated works along the length of the CRL3 project, similar to contract CR2016 which was called for CRL2. We have done up a comparison of the 2 contracts' key deliverable dates for reference.

In addition, a project signboard was recently seen set up near the Jurong Pier station site. This heralds the beginning of advanced preparatory works for CRL3, similar to how works for CRL2 were scheduled.

22 June 2025 - Project signboard for contract CR3019.

22 June 2025 - Contract details as seen on the signboard.

With the advanced works contracts beginning to ramp up, it is a matter of time before the stations along CRL3 are announced. Do stay tuned as we bring further updates in time to come.

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