Paya Lebar Airbase to make way for future town with 150,000 new homes
The relocation of the airbase to Changi was announced in the National Day Rally of 2013. Paya Lebar Airport formally opened in 1955, and was Singapore’s first commercial global airport prior to Changi Airport was constructed. In 1981, Paya Lebar Airport was converted into an army airbase.
When Paya Lebar Airbase moves out in the 2030s, it will be redeveloped into a new town with around 150,000 brand-new residences, says Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, at the National Day Rally on Aug 21.
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When it’s relocated, Artist’s impact of future town with central spine on the website of the Paya Lebar Airbase
The path extends 3.8 kilometres across the Paya Lebar Airbase.
” It will certainly not happen overnight,” says Lee. “But over years, we can entirely reimagine the Eastern part of Singapore.”.
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