Singapore River to be diverted for new MRT tunnels

Part of the Singapore River, the site of Singapore's earliest settlements, will be moved so that an MRT line can be built under it.

In the first undertaking of its kind, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) and Korean builder GS Engineering & Construction will dig a bow-shaped canal to divert the river.

It will then clear the drained portion of age-old debris and fill it with a stabilising material before boring two train tunnels under it.

The original path of the waterway will be reinstated after the tunnels are completed.

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