Above: Location of new dual four-lane road
The new road will also connect Bukit Brown with the rest of the road network.
Various agencies, including LTA and National Parks Board, have worked together to balance the immediate transport needs and long-term development plans for the area.
Care was also taken to avoid adversely affecting the nature reserves near MacRitchie Reservoir, and to avoid any private land acquisition for this road project.
Impact on Bukit Brown cemetery
It is estimated that the new road will affect about 5,000 of the more than 100,000 graves currently sited in the Bukit Brown cemetery.
In a move to preserve the heritage of Bukit Brown cemetery, the Urban Redevelopment Authority and the LTA will work with the Singapore Heritage Society and other stakeholders to identify and document key heritage elements of the cemetery.
LTA will conduct a grave identification exercise to confirm the actual number of graves affected. LTA will be calling a tender soon to identify the graves that will be affected by the new road.
After the affected graves are identified, LTA will publish details of the affected graves and invite the next-of-kin of the deceased buried in the affected graves to register their claims of their ancestors’ remains.
It will work together with the next-of-kin of the deceased to undertake the exhumation of the affected graves which is expected to take place in fourth quarter 2012.
Members of the public can call 6396-2385 or 6396-1810 if they have queries on grave identification.
tonyng@sph.com.sg
 
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