Paya Lebar Airbase to make way for future town with 150,000 new homes
When Paya Lebar Airbase vacates in the 2030s, it will be redeveloped into a brand-new community with around 150,000 new houses, says Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, at the National Day Rally on Aug 21.
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The moving of the airbase to Changi was announced in the National Day Rally of 2013. Paya Lebar Airport officially opened in 1955, as well as was Singapore’s very first business international flight terminal before Changi Airport was built. In 1981, Paya Lebar Airport was exchanged a military airbase.
Artist’s impact of future town with central spine on the website of the Paya Lebar Airbase when it’s moved
The runway stretches 3.8 km across the Paya Lebar Airbase. According to Lee, it is lined up along the instructions of prevailing winds, for airplane to avoid crosswinds when they remove as well as land. The future community …