Singapore has a limited land space and a growing population. A growing population means more people needing to get from point A to point B. More people needing to get from point A to point B means more congested roads. The government cannot keep on building new roads because Singapore has limited space.
After the "Great MRT Debate" in the 1980s, it was decided that the MRT was to be built. Many people had disagreed, though. Is the MRT the only solution? The are estimation problems like the already opened Circle Line Stage 3, which served much less people than expected. Most of the jams are in the morning and evening peak hours, so if train lines were built, they would be full during the rush hours but idle and wasting electricity at the other times of day, thus inefficient.
Should the government continue developing Singapore's rail network?
10 March 2010
Inconveniences Caused by the Construction of Circle Line
Stages 1, 2 and 3 of the Circle Line are completed. It is only Stages 4 and 5 that are left.
Most of the cunstruction are not very disruptive, but some are rather messy. For example, the Farrer Road station. It is situated right under the junction of Farrer Road and Empress Road. Farrer Road is part of the Outer Ring Road System (ORRS) and is a major road, usually conjested during the peak hours.
One thing good about construction in Singapore is that roads are rarely closed during construction. The area surrounding the junction of Farrer Road and Empress Road is already built up and there is little free space. However, the junction kept shifting location from day to day, depending on the construction that needs to be done, but the road was never closed.
Similarly for the Holland Village station, no roads there were closed and the configuration was kept, though the roads were always realigned.
Most of the cunstruction are not very disruptive, but some are rather messy. For example, the Farrer Road station. It is situated right under the junction of Farrer Road and Empress Road. Farrer Road is part of the Outer Ring Road System (ORRS) and is a major road, usually conjested during the peak hours.
One thing good about construction in Singapore is that roads are rarely closed during construction. The area surrounding the junction of Farrer Road and Empress Road is already built up and there is little free space. However, the junction kept shifting location from day to day, depending on the construction that needs to be done, but the road was never closed.
Similarly for the Holland Village station, no roads there were closed and the configuration was kept, though the roads were always realigned.
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