LTA splurged $134.7m in construction of Bukit Brown road project

Tender was awarded to Swee Hong.

According to a release, the Land Transport Authority will construct a new road across Bukit Brown. The new road, which includes a bridge over existing streams, will alleviate the congestion currently experienced along Lornie Road and the Pan-Island Expressway (PIE) during peak hours as well as cater to expected growth in traffic demand. 

The tender, was awarded at a contract value of $134.7 million to Swee Hong Limited to construct a new dual four-lane road connecting MacRitchie Viaduct to Adam Flyover via Bukit Brown Cemetery.

With the award of the tender, public exhumation of the graves affected by the road works will begin from 4th Quarter 2013. Since details of the affected graves were published in March 2012, LTA has received a total of 1,263 claims for affected graves.

LTA will be contacting the next-of-kin of affected graves who had registered their claims to make arrangements for exhumation.

Construction of the new road will begin in stages after exhumation of the affected graves is completed. While construction is ongoing, members of the public can continue to enter other parts of Bukit Brown Cemetery that are not affected by the road construction.

Details of the access routes will be made available to the public when construction starts. The new road is planned to be completed by end 2017.