
When the Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced in Jan this year, that a proposed new 50km MRT line that starts from Changi and ends in Jurong will be ready by 2030, it raised more than just eyebrows amongst the nature community. The new east-west MRT line's alignment will bring it right across the MacRitchie Forest, which falls within the boundaries of what is traditionally known as Singapore's "nature reserves". Although the LTA clarified that the line will be well below ground, it did not manage to convince the nature community that in the process of constructing the line, there will be no impact to the environment and delicate habitats within the nature reserves.
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