Bukit Batok Bus Interchange has some capacity for additional bus
services, but would not be able to accomodate anymore soon - as the
Government develops the area west of Bukit Batok West Avenue 2.
There has to be a bus interchange at Bukit Gomak MRT Station to
accomodate bus services to the new area.
Based on the map, it seems that the only possible site for a bus
interchange at Bukit Gomak MRT Station is at the triangle-shaped
land between the MRT station and Bukit Gomak Stadium - which is
only 0.43 Hectres - not big enough for a bus interchange.
in my opinion, due to space constraints, there can only be a bus
park at Bukit Gomak MRT Station. As a bus park requires less land
and not a need to be next to MRT Station, there are more sites to
locate it. Personally, I feel that the land along Bukit Batok West
Avenue 5, opposite blk 359/369 and underneath the MRT tracks can be
put to better use if the bus park is constructed there.
To make up for the forgone bus interchange option, the
Government can upgrade the pair of bus stops (#43571 and #43579) at
Bukit Gomak MRT Station to accomodate the number of bus services
that a typical small interchange would have.
In short,
meanwhile, bus services that pass by the bus
stops (#43571 and
#43579) next to Bukit
Gombak MRT Station can continue to serve those bus
stops (#43571 and
#43579).
Instead of being disadvantaged by not having a bus interchange,
the residents covered can benefit as they can make transfers to
by-passing bus services from the same location (bus
stops #43571 and
#43579), without having to
walk a certain distance to a bus stop somewhere else.
