In my opinion, I feel that there should be a second bus
interchange at Bukit Batok or/and Choa Chu Kang.
With a large amount of new residential developments coming up at
Bukit Batok and Choa Chu Kang, more bus routes will be created to
serve the new areas. The bus interchanges at Bukit
Batok and Choa Chu Kang may not be able to cater to the projected
increase in demand as a result of the new residential
developments.
Obviously, the increase in demand can be met with having bus
route to Bukit Gombak. However, these bus routes have to originate
from somewhere, and the bus interchanges at Bukit Batok and Choa
Chu Kang are already almost fully occupied.
Having roadside terminals may not be feasible, considering quite
a number of new routes are required.
There should be a
new bus interchange somewhere around Bukit Batok Road. I would
suggest a bus interchange similar to Bukit Merah Bus Interchange;
not next to any MRT station. We can have bus routes originating
from here and looping around MRT stations, or connecting to MRT
stations.
There is land at Bukit Gombak MRT station to construct a bus
interchange similar to BB int and CCK int. However, the road
network around it may not be able to support.
The junction of Bukit Batok West Avenue 5 and Bukit Batok Road
is a good site to consider. It is next to major roads and there are
major ammenities nearby. While it serves as an "external"
interchange for bus routes, it can serve as a large bus stop for
many people to alight to walk to their respetive destinations.
Nearby ammenities:
However, the cons is that it is next to landed properties.
Nonetheless, that can be solved by installing noise bearers,
building concrete walls to block views, etcetera.
CCK int site is 16792.41 sq m and BB int site is 16651.81
sq m. The land
parcel at Bukit Batok West Avenue 5 and Bukit Batok Road is 44669.2
square metres. We can have a bus
interchange there that is even larger than CCK int and BB int
combined - yet need not worry about the traffic because it is next
to major roads (Brickland Road, Bukit Batok Road and Bukit Batok
West Avenue 5).
In my opinion, I feel that there should be a second bus
interchange at Bukit Batok or/and Choa Chu Kang.
With a large amount of new residential developments coming up at
Bukit Batok and Choa Chu Kang, more bus routes will be created to
serve the new areas. The bus interchanges at Bukit
Batok and Choa Chu Kang may not be able to cater to the projected
increase in demand as a result of the new residential
developments.
Obviously, the increase in demand can be met with having bus
route to Bukit Gombak. However, these bus routes have to originate
from somewhere, and the bus interchanges at Bukit Batok and Choa
Chu Kang are already almost fully occupied.
Having roadside terminals may not be feasible, considering quite
a number of new routes are required.
There should be a
new bus interchange somewhere around Bukit Batok Road. I would
suggest a bus interchange similar to Bukit Merah Bus Interchange;
not next to any MRT station. We can have bus routes originating
from here and looping around MRT stations, or connecting to MRT
stations.
There is land at Bukit Gombak MRT station to construct a bus
interchange similar to BB int and CCK int. However, the road
network around it may not be able to support.
The junction of Bukit Batok West Avenue 5 and Bukit Batok Road
is a good site to consider. It is next to major roads and there are
major ammenities nearby. While it serves as an "external"
interchange for bus routes, it can serve as a large bus stop for
many people to alight to walk to their respetive destinations.
Nearby ammenities:
However, the cons is that it is next to landed properties.
Nonetheless, that can be solved by installing noise bearers,
building concrete walls to block views, etcetera.
CCK int site is 16792.41 sq m and BB int site is 16651.81
sq m. The land
parcel at Bukit Batok West Avenue 5 and Bukit Batok Road is 44669.2
square metres. We can have a bus
interchange there that is even larger than CCK int and BB int
combined - yet need not worry about the traffic because it is next
to major roads (Brickland Road, Bukit Batok Road and Bukit Batok
West Avenue 5).
Alterntaively, the solution is to really construct a bus
interchange next to Bukit Gombak MRT station. However, considering
that it is not along main roads, I think it can only be a
small/medium-sized bus interchange.
There was a
suggestion made previously to have a station between cck and bg. I
think the site at
Brickland Road/Bukit Batok Road/Bukit Batok West Avenue 5 is also a
good location to have an additional North South Line station. It is
approximately 1.95km away from CCK station and 1.05km away from BG
station. If it is approved and a bus interchange is built next to
it, it can yield large amounts of traffic, while relieve the
traffic from Choa Chu Kang MRT and Bukit Batok MRT.