Protocols and Metrics Used to Synchronise HDB's Housing Plans with LTA's Timelines for Rail and Bus Network Expansion

Mr Low Wu Yang Andre asked the Minister for National Development in the planning of new towns and HDB's BTO launches, what specific protocols and metrics are used to ensure HDB's housing plans are synchronised with LTA's timelines for rail and bus network expansion to prevent transport infrastructure from lagging behind population growth and the expansion of public housing supply.

Mr Chee Hong Tat: Singapore adopts an integrated approach to master planning and development to meet the near- and long-term needs of its residents. Major infrastructure, such as roads, water and telecommunications, require a long gestation period to plan, design and implement. Agencies hence start the process many years before construction begins and work together to ensure alignment in the planning and provision of infrastructure as we continue to meet the current and future needs of our residents.

Our Housing and Development Board (HDB) towns are planned in tandem with transport infrastructure. Agencies work together on the staging of infrastructure and development plans within the town and, to the extent possible, to deliver these facilities and services in tandem with the completion of housing developments.