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    Default Soil treatment tender called for Kallang Gasworks site

    Soil treatment tender called for Kallang Gasworks site

    Apr 20, 2018

    Rachel Au-Yong
    Housing Correspondent


    Preparation for a new residential precinct in Kallang kicked off yesterday with a tender to treat the soil on the site of a gasworks plant that once powered the entire nation.

    The Singapore Land Authority (SLA) called for a tender yesterday to conduct remediation works on the former site of Kallang Gasworks, in the first such exercise of its kind. The plant was constructed in 1862 to manufacture gas using coal, and ceased operations in 1998.

    On the Kallang site, the plant occupied 3.14ha, around the size of three football fields and almost 20 per cent of the made-over Kampong Bugis district. The precinct will be redeveloped into a car-lite waterfront district with about 4,000 new private homes and is expected to be ready in the next decade.

    To achieve this, the SLA also acquired a parcel of private land from Singapore-Johore Express, a transport company that ventured into property, at market value yesterday.

    The 914 sq m plot currently sites the company's showroom for its freehold Kallang Riverside condominium, which sits on the edge of the precinct, facing the Singapore River. The showroom must make way by April 30 next year.

    In a joint statement, the SLA and Urban Redevelopment Authority said environmental site assessments found chemicals in the soil typical of those in land used for gas production.

    The remediation, which will treat the soil using thermal methods and soil washing, will ensure that the quality of the soil will be suitable for its intended use, the agencies said.

    Nanyang Technological University engineering expert Fang Ming-liang said that, left untreated, the chemicals can contaminate ground water.

    The remediation works would require all the soil to be dug up and put in a reagent - "almost like a detergent"- so that the oil elements can be removed, Assistant Professor Fang said.

    The site will be enclosed so that vapours do not seep out and rain does not wash the contaminated soil to the river, he added.

    "People don't need to be worried because the remediation plans are quite comprehensive and meet international standards for health and safety," Prof Fang said.

    Similar works have been successfully carried out at former gasworks elsewhere, including an upscale retail district in Brisbane, Australia, and a luxury mixed-use space in King's Cross, London.

    Preliminary works should start in November and be completed by 2022. But the tender for a master developer for the entire precinct will be out only in a year or two, The Straits Times understands.

    Kampong Bugis is one of three rejuvenated districts that the authorities unveiled last year. The other two are Holland Plain in Bukit Timah and Bayshore in East Coast.

    The futuristic towns, with their emphasis on fewer cars and more open public spaces, will bring a total of 19,000 new homes.

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    Default Kampong Bugis master developer tender to be launched in 1 to 2 years

    Kampong Bugis master developer tender to be launched in 1 to 2 years

    The site of the former Kallang Gasworks within the area will, however, need some remediation works before it can be redeveloped. A tender for this has been called

    Fri, Apr 20, 2018

    Yunita Ong


    A TENDER for a master developer to redevelop Kampong Bugis near the Kallang River into a car-lite residential precinct will be called in the next one to two years, The Business Times understands.

    The land up for tender, likely to stand at about 13 ha, is expected to have a 99-year leasehold. It includes a cordoned-off 3.14 ha area, which is where Kallang Gasworks used to stand; the facility ceased operations when national gas production was relocated to Senoko Gasworks in 1997.

    The area will exclude existing developments on the fringe of the total 17-ha area, such as the freehold Riverine by the Park and Kallang Riverside Condominium and the Sri Manmatha Karuneshvarar Temple.

    The tender will allow a master developer to oversee both master planning and development for what the government envisions as a waterfront neighbourhood with a network of pedestrian and cycling paths connecting residents of 4,000 private homes to public transport options.

    The neighbourhood's being "car-lite" will entail providing only one parking space for every two homes - 50 per cent below the minimum standard for residential developments.

    In a joint announcement on Thursday, the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) and the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) said a tender has been called for remediation works to be done at the former Kallang Gasworks site. The process entails treating the soil there; an earlier site assessment had found chemicals such as aromatic hydrocarbons and heavy metals, which are typically found in land that has been used for gas production. The remediation works are expected to be completed by 2022.

    The SLA and National Environment Agency (NEA) said in a statement late on Thursday that the remediation works are unlikely to pose any health risks to the community. The works will be carried out in enclosed facilities, with proper control measures and in line with international standards and local laws. The works will be done by a qualified contractor, who will be supervised and validated by an experienced independent SLA-appointed consultant.

    In response to questions from the media, the SLA said soil and groundwater samplings have been taken at multiple off-site locations. "These site assessments show that the chemicals have not migrated from the site to the surroundings."

    The SLA has also gazetted for acquisition a 914 sq m plot of freehold land from Singapore-Johore Express to integrate it into the surrounding state land. Housed there currently is a temporary showflat for the adjacent Kallang Riverside condominium developed by the transport company.

    Experts said the tender for a master developer to redevelop Kampong Bugis will likely attract a consortium, given the large scale of the project.

    Savills Singapore's senior director for research and consultancy Alan Cheongexpressed concern about the timing of the Bugis tender. "The site is attractive because of the waterfront with a view that's unencumbered, but the risk is that developers may get sucked into the collective-sale fever, reducing their firepower."

    But Nicholas Mak, ZACD Group's executive director, thinks the government's support of the Kampong Bugis project, combined with the site's proximity to stations along the MRT's East-West Line, could attract developers and town planners or major architects to go into it together in a consortium. He also does not believe the remediation works will spook buyers. "Potential homebuyers won't be overly worried because they may believe the government will do a good job," he said.

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