Request To Minimise Impacts Of Railway Removal And Turfing Works

[This email was sent to SLA on 1 Aug 2011 – vincent_hoong@sla.gov.sg, simon_ong@sla.gov.sg, lee_seng_lai@sla.gov.sg. If you feel that the removal and turfing works are too excessive and disruptive to nature and the unique landscape of the railway lands, pls voice your concerns to SLA.]

Mr Vincent Hoong Seng Lei
Chief Executive
Singapore Land Authority

cc: Simon Ong Hung Eng, Dy Chief Executive
Lee Seng Lai, Director, Land Operations (Private)

Request To Minimise Impacts Of Railway Removal And Turfing Works

Dear Mr Hoong

I refer to the current works on the railway tracks and structures, and the recent media replies by SLA on minimising the impacts of the works and access routes.

2. Unfortunately, the current removal and turfing works by the contractors along some parts of the railway lands, especially from Bukit Timah to Holland Road, are too excessive and disruptive to nature and the unique landscape of the railway lands.

3. I would like to request that SLA closely supervise the contractor and sub-contractors involved in the removal and turfing works, in order to reduce the impacts of the works, minimise destruction of nature and vegetation, and prevent excessive alteration to the unique landscape of the railway lands.

4. For your necessary and urgent action, please. Thank you.

Yours Sincerely

Eugene Tay
A Concerned Citizen
http://www.thegreencorridor.org