When Paya Lebar Airbase leaves in the 2030s, it will certainly be redeveloped into a brand-new town with around 150,000 brand-new residences, says Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, at the National Day Rally on Aug 21.
Read likewise: The following phase in Paya Lebar’s development
The relocation of the airbase to Changi was revealed in the National Day Rally of 2013. Paya Lebar Airport officially opened up in 1955, as well as was Singapore’s very first commercial international airport before Changi Airport was built. In 1981, Paya Lebar Airport was converted into an armed forces airbase.
When it’s moved, Artist’s impact of future town with central spinal column on the site of the Paya Lebar Airbase
The runway can be repurposed right into the community’s “main back”, and turned into “an eco-friendly port” or community space extending from one end of the town to the other.
The path extends 3.8 km across the Paya Lebar Airbase. According to Lee, it is straightened along the instructions of prevailing winds, for airplane to avoid crosswinds when they take off as well as land. The future community can be oriented parallel, which will certainly make the town normally windy, he adds.
The relocation of the airbase will certainly also indicate some of the building height constraints around it can be raised
Public as well as personal housing can sit on both sides of the spinal column, with features and also recreational locations nearby. Commercial and industrial developments can also lie close by, to bring work closer to houses. (Find Singapore industrial buildings with our commercial directory site).
Paya Lebar Airport formally opened up in 1955, and also was Singapore’s very first industrial international flight terminal before Changi Airport was developed. In 1981, Paya Lebar Airport was transformed right into a military airbase.
The runway extends 3.8 kilometres across the Paya Lebar Airbase.
” It will be a appealing and also distinct heritage feature, distinct to Paya Lebar,” says Lee.
The moving of the airbase will likewise suggest some of the structure height constraints around it can be raised. This suggests, neighbouring towns such as Hougang, Marine Parade or Punggol can be redeveloped, with even more services included and also far better use of room.
” It will not take place overnight,” claims Lee. “But over years, we can completely reimagine the Eastern part of Singapore.”.