Singapore studying plans to link Pulau Tekong to mainland via undersea tunnels
Singapore is exploring the feasibility of constructing undersea tunnels to connect the mainland to Pulau Tekong. The project aims to increase land availability for military training and future civilian development.
Why it matters
This infrastructure project reflects Singapore's long-term urban planning efforts to overcome land scarcity and expand national capacity.
SINGAPORE: Studies are under way to see if it is feasible to build undersea tunnels linking the mainland to Pulau Tekong, and make it easier for people to reach Singapore’s largest offshore island.
More reclamation works at the southern end of Pulau Tekong are also in the pipeline, said Prime Minister Lawrence Wong in his Rally speech on Sunday (Aug 23).
That will create more training space for the Singapore Armed Forces and leave another 500ha of land – about the size of Toa Payoh – for civilian use, he added.
The proposed tunnels are a “major engineering undertaking”, and are among several decades-long projects that will give future Singaporeans more space, more opportunities and even greater possibilities than what the country has today, he said.
PM Wong added that Pulau Tekong – unlike other outer islands such as Jurong Island – has no land link to the mainland.
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