C912 & C921

LTA Awards 2 Downtown Line Contracts

1. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) is pleased to announce the award of two contracts C912 and C921 with an approximate value of S$1.26 billion for the Downtown Line Stage 2 (DTL2) project.

Contract 912

2. Contract 912 is for the design and construction at Bukit Panjang station and its associated tunnels. It has been awarded to Lum Chang Building Contractors Pte Ltd at approximately S$452.4 million.

3. The Bukit Panjang station is also a Civil Defence (CD) shelter and is located along Upper Bukit Timah Road at the junction of Bukit Panjang and Choa Chu Kang Road / Woodlands Road.

4. Lum Chang Building Contractors Pte Ltd is a local contractor with extensive experience in the construction of both rail and building projects. Their on-going Circle Line projects with LTA via a joint venture with Nishimatsu Construction Co., Ltd for Contracts 823 Mountbatten, Dakota & Paya Lebar stations and associated tunnels, and Contract 828 Nicoll Highway & Stadium stations and associated tunnels, are nearing completion.

Contract 921

5. Contract 921 for the design and construction of Rochor and Little India stations and associated tunnels has been awarded to SsangYong Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd for a contract sum of S$803.3 million.

6. SsangYong Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd. is a South Korean company with expertise in a diverse range of large-scale civil engineering and infrastructural projects. The company has extensive transit construction experience in Korea and building works experience in Singapore. Among the company's notable achievements in Singapore are the Suntec City and Raffles City (comprising the 73-storey Swissotel). It is also building the mega project Marina Bay Sands IR Hotel Package in Singapore. SsangYong constructed many subway projects in Seoul and other major cities. The company has also completed nine highway projects in countries such as Kuwait, India and Indonesia.

7. Construction of the three stations is scheduled to commence in the third quarter of 2009 and targeted to complete by 2015.

About Downtown Line 2

8. The 40-kilometre DTL will be mostly underground and will be built in three stages. When completed, the DTL will facilitate direct travel from the northwestern and eastern areas of the island to the Central Business District (CBD) and the Marina Bay. It will also provide a strategic transport link to support the development of the Marina Bay area. The entire DTL is scheduled for completion in 2016.

9. DTL2 will be built fully underground. The 16.6-kilometre long rapid transit system will comprise of 12 stations and one depot. When completed in 2015, DTL2 will link commuters from the Bukit Timah corridor to the North East Line (NEL), North South Line (NSL) and Circle Line (CCL) respectively, giving them greater accessibility to the rest of the island and significantly improving travel time. It will link the north-western part of the island through DTL1 to commercial, residential and entertainment developments in the Marina Bay area.

Attached:

Annex 1 - Map of Contract 912
Annex 2 - Map of Contract 921
Annex 3 - Map of DTL