LTA awards contracts for Punggol interchange station, bored tunnel under CRL2

The contract value for the projects was $496m and $758m, respectively.

The Land Transportation Authority (LTA) awarded $1.25b worth of contracts for the design and construction of the Punggol interchange station under the Cross Island Line – Punggol Extension and the bored tunnel between Fairways Drive and Sin Ming Walk under Cross Island Line Phase 2 (CRL2).

Woh Hup (Private) Limited bagged the $496m-Punggol interchange station contract, whilst the bored tunnel contract worth $758m went to Obayashi Corporation and Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co (Singapore) Pte Ltd Joint Venture.

Woh Hup helped construct Tanjong Katong and Bayshore stations for the Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL), Loyang station on the CRL and the Kim Chuan Depot Extension. 

Obayashi Corporation was involved in Dhoby Ghaut station along the North East Line (NEL), whilst Shanghai Tunnel Engineering is working on the construction of Katong Park and Bayshore stations along TEL and previously completed the construction of TEL Shenton Way station.