Homes affected by the North South Expressway

Plans for the northern part of the North South Expressway (NSE) has been approved, according to the LTA. This expressway, which is planned to ease the congested CTE, will be constructed in the somewhere in the near future and should be completed by 2020. The big question is, who will be affected? 

In short, if you are living along these roads - Toa Payoh Rise, Marymount Road, Ang Mo Kio Ave 6, Lentor Avenue, Sembawang Road, Gambas Avenue and Woodlands Ave 8 - you will either get your view blocked, lose some land to the government (at market price?), have to dust your home more often than usual, or maybe even have to move out (worst case scenario?).

The approved north section of North South Expressway is broken into different sections. Here is roughly what we know:

• Tunnel that goes along Marymount Road starting from Toa Payoh Rise to Jalan Pemimpin
• Semi-Tunnel / Sunken Tunnel that continues on Marymount Road from Jalan Pemimpin to Sin Ming Avenue / Ang Mo Kio Ave 1
• Tunnel along Marymount Road/Ang Mo Kio Ave 6 starting from Ang Mo Kio Ave 1 to Ang Mo Kio Ave 5 / Ave 8
• Semi-Tunnel / Sunken Tunnel along Ang Mo Kio Ave 6 beginning from Ang Mo Kio Ave 5/8 to the Lentor Avenue / Yio Chu Kang Road junction
• Surface roads along Lentor Avenue from the Yio Chu Kang junction to where Lentor meets SLE
• From SLE onwards, a viaduct all the way along Sembawang Road, Gambas Ave and ends at Woodlands Ave 8

So who are the poor folks affected? We have yet to confirm this but this is from what we hear:

• Bye bye to Orange Valley Nursing Home
• Bits of Shunfu Estate (Shunfu Gardens and Shunfu Ville) along Marymount Road will see more years of construction after years of Circle Line construction.
• Bye bye to Marymount Terrace (just when they thought they could benefit from the Marymount MRT!)
• Homes along the viaducts and surface roads will suffer most - Bullion Park, Castle Green, the landed homes facing Lentor Avenue, Euphony Gardens, Chong Pang City, Chong Pang Garden, Seletaris, North Oaks, Woodlands Meadow (BTO).
• These condos will get bits of their land taken - Seletaris,  Nuovo, Bullion Park.
• Along with these private properties, industrial estates owned by JTC and HDB in Sin Ming and Woodlands will also be acquired.

An amazing approximate overlay of the NSE

(made by y2koh from Skyscrapercity - Transport/Infrastructure Discussion)

Note, this is only approximate. Blue = tunnel, dotted blue = semi-tunnel, orange = surface road, yellow = viaduct.

Will prices of property increase? Hard to say. It's not like it's the MRT. New expressways should benefit the industrial buildings more than homes we reckon.

We eagerly await plans for the southern part of the NSE. Wonder who will face the dreaded 'acquisition' letter from the Govt.

via LTA and CNA and AsiaOne. Note: Line overlay in the above title image is approximate. Title image: Onemap.sg