CR103 - Aviation Park 2022 year-end update

 

27 December 2022 - An overview of the station site at the corner of Aviation Park Road.

Aviation Park is one of the stations where it is more difficult to decipher what construction activities are taking place. Nonetheless, we paid the station a visit and used the best possible vantage point to try grab some pictures - a double decker bus. Owing to the site's proximity to the airport, no tall buildings exist in the vicinity from which one would be able to view the site.

CR106 - Loyang 2022 year-end update

 

27 December 2022

Over at Loyang, the site is slowly undergoing changes. One of the more obvious changes is the tree felling along a stretch of Loyang Avenue, outside the JTC industrial blocks. Soil investigation works are also taking place beyond the perimeter wall of the development. Apart from this, further up Loyang Avenue, works are underway to construct bus shelters along a part of the carriageway that will be closed and converted into a bus priority corridor for the duration of the station & Loyang Viaduct construction works.

CR107 - Pasir Ris East 2022 year-end update

 

27 December 2022 - A eastward aerial view of the closed section
of Pasir Ris Drive 1.

27 December 2022 - A view of the Pasir Ris East CC along Pasir Ris Drive 4.

Since our last visit to Pasir Ris East following the closure of a section of Pasir Ris Drive 1 to facilitate construction works, there have not been too many changes. Work is mostly still at a site preparation phase with trees mostly still intact. The closed section of roadway has temporary metal barriers placed to keep pedestrians off the street while work goes on. Jersey barriers can be seen at the site as set up works continue.

CR116 - Ang Mo Kio 2022 year-end update

 

17 December 2022 - A view westwards along Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3.

Contract CR116 is for the construction of Ang Mo Kio interchange with the existing North-South Line (NSL) station and connecting tunnels towards Teck Ghee station. Site clearing is in progress and hoarding has been put up at the work sites for exits 6, 7 and 8. The work sites for exits 5 and 9 have yet to be hoarded up though. As part of the construction work, exits 1 and 2 will be reconfigured, hence a lot of work is taking place within the town garden next to the existing NSL station.

CR115 - Tavistock 2022 year-end update

 

17 December 2022 - A view of the work site behind the bus stop
near Tavistock park.

17 December 2022 - Another view of the same site after load testing
works have been completed.

The contract for Tavistock station was awarded together with the contract for the construction of Serangoon North station. However the site at Tavistock appears to be a fair bit more advanced in preparation than that of Serangoon North's. This contract also involves the construction of the line's twin bored running tunnels connecting with both Ang Mo Kio and Serangoon North stations on either side. An intermediate launch shaft near the Central Expressway is to be built to facilitate tunneling works as well.

CR113 - Serangoon North 2022 year-end update

 

17 December 2022 - Progress of the contract site office at the junction of Yio Chu Kang Road,
Hougang Avenue 2 & Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3.

17 December 2022 - A close up of ongoing work.

Serangoon North station falls under a contract that was one of the last few to be awarded for the Cross Island Line (CRL). Due to the complexity of the station site, the contract only involves the design & construction of the station building only and does not include the construction of any tunnels to be used by the main line. Works are still at a preparatory stage with only the Exit 1 site showing any major activity.

CR111 - Defu 2022 year-end progress

 

16 December 2022 - Auger machine on site.

Firstly, we'd like to wish all readers a Merry Christmas! We hope that you're having a great holiday wherever you are. Work at Defu station is beginning to ramp up with heavy machinery now on site. Previously, the site was being prepared with jersey barriers being set up around the perimeter to demarcate the work area and segregate pedestrians from construction activities. The site has changed a little with works progressively becoming more intense.