SINGAPORE - Repair works at the Housing Board Build-To-Order (BTO) construction site in Clementi, where a landslide occurred on Friday morning, will start from next week. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The landslide occurred in the early hours of Friday morning at the edge of the Clementi NorthArc BTO construction site, causing minor injuries to a passer-by and damaging parts of Ulu Pandan park connector.
HDB said on Friday night that the incident happened where a retaining wall was being built to prepare for the construction of a basketball court and pavilion in the area.for the affected area, works on the residential blocks have not been affected and are allowed to continue, it added. The BTO project, launched in February 2017, has been plagued by delays - first till the third quarter of this year, and then till March next year.
Addressing concerns that the landslide may cause delays for new flat buyers, Senior Minister of State for National Development Sim Ann, who is the area's MP, said on Friday that it is unlikely that key collection for the units would be delayed, with the first batch being planned for December."We will keep flat buyers updated should there be any changes to the completion date of their flats," added HDB in its Facebook update.
For safety reasons, the area around the site, including the park connector next to it, has been temporarily cordoned off and will not be accessible by the public, it said.We would like to provide an update on the incident which occurred at the Clementi NorthArc BTO construction site early...
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