SINGAPORE: Since relocating to Tengah in the west of Singapore a few weeks ago, Mrs. Amy Ong has been forced to leave her apartment almost every day for long walks. & nbsp,
It takes her and her father an hour to travel from their residence at Block 133C in Plantation Grange to the Serangoon coffee store, where they can obtain a car.
Mrs. Ong, 48, told CNA last Tuesday( Oct 3 ) at the foot of her block that it was” just very inconvenient” after getting out of a private-hire car with her husband, their arms full of items for their new home.
The couple uses cars or private-hire cars to get home because there aren’t many public transportation options in Tengah. Going out, however, is a problem because ride-hailing software do not yet reflect the pick-up location at Block 133C.
On August 29, residents of the 700ha Tengah city andnbsp, a dozen housing blocks away, began gathering their keys.
According to the Housing and Development Board ( HDB ), about 295 out of the 2,333 units in the first two Tengah projects — Plantation Acres and Plantation Grange — have gathered their keys as of September 26.
The majority of Tengah, a town that has been designated as” car-lite,” is still being built, and one of its bus interchanges is located in the neighborhood center of Andnbsp.
The only vehicle quit for the estate is situated next to Block 111 at Plantation Acres, along Planation Crescent. Simply bus service 992, which travels between Tengah and Bukit Batok exchange, provides service there.
It takes 10 to 15 minutes to walk to the bus stop for Mrs. Ong and other people of Plantation Grange, which is located deeper within Tengah. They must wander an additional 10 days if they want to get to Bukit Batok Road, where there are more public transportation options.