Cross Island Mass Tender

ScopeThe Cross Island Line CRL is a 50km-long fully underground mass rapid transit MRT line being developed in Singapore by Land Transport Authority LTA in cooperation with Singapore Land Authority SLA.CRL will improve connectivity and reduce the public transport costs by approximately 15 upon completion. It will be Singapores longest underground line and eighth MRT line in the country.The new line will connect major regions in the western eastern and north-eastern parts of Singapore including Punggol Digital District Changi region and Jurong Lake District. The construction will be carried out in three phases with Phase 1 CRL1 construction expected to start in 2020 for completion in 2029. The 29km-long CRL1 will include 12 stations between Bright Hill and Aviation Park.LTA announced an extension to the future CRL to link Pasir Ris and Punggol in March 2020. The construction of the CRL-Punggol Extension will begin in 2022 and the line will be opened in 2031. The extension will provide a direct connection between eastern areas such as Tampines North and Pasir Ris and north-eastern areas such as Sengkang and Punggol.Cross Island line project developmentThe Government of Singapore announced the CRL project as part of its plans to double the countrys rail network by 2030 in January 2013.LTA completed site investigations for two alignment options for the line near the Central Catchment Nature Reserve CCNR in June 2018.The MRT line will be built 70m below the CCNR. LTA completed a comprehensive two-phased environmental impact assessment EIA study. It engaged with different stakeholders and incorporated the feedback to mitigate the impact of the project.Phase 1 of the EIA evaluated the ecosystem and physical conditions of the CCNR while the second phase studied the environmental impact of the construction and operations of CRL.Cross Island line route and ridership detailsCRL will carry passengers from Changi to Jurong passing through Loyang Pasir Ras Hougang Ang Mo Kio Bukit Timah Clementi and West Coast stations. The line is expected to have a ridership of at least 600000 passengers a day with the figure projected to increase to more than one million in future.The first phase of the MRT line will connect various residential and industrial regions such as Ang Mo Kio Hougang Defu Tampines Pasir Ris and Loyang.The MRT line will also provide access to recreational areas such as Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park and Changi Beach Park.The 7.3km-long CRL-Punggol underground extension will include four stations namely Pasir Ris Elias Riviera and Punggol. The extension will benefit more than 40000 households and reduce travel time between Punggol and Pasir Ris from 40 minutes to 15 minutes.The extension will comprise three interchange stations which will facilitate easy transfers between the East-West Line North-East Line and Punggol LRT while providing alternative trav