Cross Island Site Investigation Summary Draft 2

According to an article, “Nature Group Seeks More Information on Impact of Cross Island Site Investigations” from Today Online (2018), the drilling works in MacRitchie forest for the Cross Island MRT line has led to concerns due to the lack of details that affirm the effectiveness of precautions taken by the Land Transport Authority (LTA). Ms. Chloe Tan, project manager of Love Our MacRitchie Forest group has received questions for LTA from nine parties. Camera traps were set up three to six months before and after works to validate measures. The data collected was studied and the project was classified to have a “mainly moderate” impact on wildlife. The harm of the on-site investigation works included drillings of 16 boreholes to study the earth conditions for the MRT line to determine a tunnel under MacRitchie forest or to skirt around it. Nonetheless, LTA will be working with the various agencies on the second phase of assessment to forecast the impact of both alignments.