Road Network at Rosewood Drive Area in Woodlands

Mr Ong Teng Koon asked the Minister for Transport (a) whether Rosewood Drive and the network of roads around it are sufficient to service the 1,115 households living in Rosewood, Casablanca and Rosewood Suites condominiums; (b) whether the Ministry will review the network of roads around Rosewood Drive as 689 more households will start using it upon completion of Parc Rosewood Condominium in 2014 and 337 more households will start using it upon completion of Woodhaven Condominium in 2016; and (c) whether the Ministry will consider widening Rosewood Drive.

Mr Lui Tuck Yew: The road network in the Rosewood/Woodgrove area will be improved to cater to anticipated increase in traffic in the area.

Woodgrove Avenue will be extended eastwards to connect to Rosewood Drive, providing access for Woodhaven Condominium. A new road connection to Woodlands Avenue 1 along the west of Woodhaven Condominium will also be built. This will provide residents in the area with increased road capacity and an alternative access to Woodlands Avenue 1, in addition to Rosewood Drive and Woodgrove Drive. Both this new road and the Woodgrove Avenue extension will be bi-directional with two lanes in each direction and they will be completed in tandem with the developments in the area.

Rosewood Drive cannot be widened due to existing developments on both sides of the road, near Woodlands Avenue 1.

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