Nine neighbourhoods to get new noise barriers along MRT tracks

Residents in nine neighbourhoods including Clementi, Eunos and Lakeside will enjoy more peace and quiet with new noise barriers being installed along MRT tracks in the coming years, reported The Straits Times. The Land Transport Authority has awarded a contract to install 3.5km of noise barriers at nine locations.

This includes a stretch from Pan Island Expressway to Simei Street 1, Eunos Road 2 to Eunos Road 5, Clementi Road to Clementi MRT Station and Jurong East Central to Block 107 Jurong East Street 13. Noise barriers at Clementi, Eunos and Lakeside will be implemented after designs and site investigations are completed in the third quarter of this year. Costing about $17 million, the works are expected to be completed in mid 2017.

The noise barriers are expected to reduce railway noise levels by five to 10 decibels (dB). Installation works are currently in progress at Admiralty, Marsling and Sembawang and will be carried out at Ang Mo Kio, Pioneer and Yew Tee next. All these works are scheduled to be completed in 2016. The second phase of installation of 9km of noise barriers is expected to begin in 2016. Further details will be announced later this year.

The noise barriers are installed along elevated railway tracks where noise levels exceed the National Environment Agency's noise criterion of 67dB averaged over an hour.