There was Punggol, then Bidadari, and now Tengah. It looks ike HDB has big plans for the decade ahead and with 30,000 new BTO flats and 12,000 private homes in the pipelines, this new HDB town estimated to be the size of Bishan, will be setting new heights for future HDB estates. Though the new flats here will reach only a maximum of 15 storeys due to its proximity to the Tengah military airbase.
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HDB is developing Tengah according to the government’s green and sustainable-living dictum, with a 700ha forest fringe surrounding the estate and a 5 kilometre forest corridor linking the town to the island’s western and central catchment areas. Living with nature will be the focus of this new township, it will also feature a host of community fairways, gardens, green play areas, walking and cycling paths and a car-free town centre.
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The first of the Tengah flats to be launched will be in 2018 and transport-wise, the Jurong Region Line which is to be completed within the next decade, will be the town’s main connection to the rest of the island. The eco-friendly township will consist of 5 districts, namely – Park District, Plantation District, Garden District, Brickland District and Forest Hill District. Each district will be differentiated distinctively while still incorporating green features. The idea behind this is integration instead of replacement – keeping the identity of the current scrubland that Tengah is, spanning Jurong East, Choa Chu Kang and Bukit Batok.
