Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded six contracts totalling S$3.14 billion to design and construct the tunnels and commuter facilities - such as pedestrian overhead bridges and bus stops - for six sections of the North-South Corridor (NSC) project: between East Coast Parkway (ECP) and Victoria Street; between Victoria Street and Kampong Java Road; between Marymount Lane and Pemimpin Place; between Pemimpin Place and Sin Ming Avenue; between Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 and Ang Mo Kio Avenue 9; and between Ang Mo Kio Avenue 9 and Sungei Seletar. Works on these contracts are expected to begin by end-2019.
The 21.5-km-long NSC is Singapore’s first integrated transport corridor that will connect ECP in the south to Admiralty Road West in the north. It will feature express bus routes and at-grade cycling trunk routes to better meet the needs of our public bus commuters, cyclists and pedestrians, to help achieve the country’s car-lite vision.
The section between ECP and Victoria Street has been awarded to GS Engineering & Construction Corporation at a contract sum of S$635.8 million. The company will design and construct a 1-km section of tunnel and 1-km section of viaduct, three entry ramps and four exit ramps.
The section between Victoria Street and Kampong Java Road has been awarded to Ssangyong Engineering & Construction Co Ltd and Wai Fong Construction Pte Ltd Joint Venture (Ssangyong – Wai Fong JV) at a contract sum of S$482.5 million. The JV will design and construct a 1.55-km section of the tunnel with two entry ramps and two exit ramps.
The section between Marymount Lane and Pemimpin Place has been awarded to China Railway First Group Co Ltd Singapore Branch (CRFG) at a contract sum of S$446 million. The company will design and construct a 1.1-km section of the tunnel with one entry ramp.
The section between Pemimpin Place and Sin Ming Avenue has been awarded to Hwa Seng Builder Pte Ltd, Chye Joo Construction Pte Ltd and Ho Lee Construction Pte Ltd Joint Venture (HS-CJ-HL JV) at a contract sum of S$242.9 million. The JV will design and construct a 0.7-km section of the tunnel with one entry ramp and one exit ramp.
The section between Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 and Ang Mo Kio Avenue 9 has been awarded to Lum Chang Building Contractors Pte Ltd at a contract sum of S$799 million. The company will design and construct a 1.95-km section of the tunnel and one entry ramp.
The section between Ang Mo Kio Avenue 9 and Sungei Seletar has been awarded to Ssangyong Engineering & Construction Co Ltd at a contract sum of S$537.1 million. The company will design and construct a 1.3-km section of tunnel, 1.1-km section of viaduct and 340-m at-grade road between NSC tunnel and NSC viaduct with one exit ramp.
