QUEENSTOWN is one of the oldest housing estates built by the
Housing Board. Now, the central area - around Queenstown MRT
station, Margaret Drive, Commonwealth Avenue and Stirling Road - is
deserted. It is like a 'ghost town', especially after 6pm.
During a 'Let's Chat' session five years ago with our MP, we
were shown the redevelopment plan for this area. There will be five
40-storey blocks of flats and other facilities in front of the
Queenstown Library, stretching up to the MRT station. What is the
progress of this redevelopment?
Blocks 172 to 175 in Stirling Road were demolished a few years
ago and the land is still vacant. There are also many plots of
empty land along both sides of Alexandra Road, from Delta Road up
to Tanglin Road. It would be ideal if the Housing Board can build
more blocks of flats there.
John Pereira
Queenstown is a ghost town now BUT there are many BTO projects
going on now and very soon Queenstown will be a re-developed new
town at a very central location.
