Tuesday, September 25, 2007

KPE Worksite

Thanks to some LTA engineers who decided that the KPE shall run under the Pelton Canal, we have been living right next to the KPE worksite for several years now.

As a result, we have had to put up with noise pollution. And we have had to contend with all the constant dust and air pollution. And the increased exposure to mosquito-related problems and risks.

All these, we were told, are inevitable and are our 'humble sacrifices' for the greater good of everybody.... (!!!!!!) According to LTA, the KPE when completed, will boast the longest underground vehicular tunnel ever built in Asia! (as if this 'accolade' matters to 'normal' commoners like ourselves?!)

Anyway, some progress has been made at the worksite now. Thankfully, the main tunnel has been finally covered. And they have started to re-plant some grass at selected portions of the land just behind the Boys' Club. It looks like the contractors are now trying to clear up the place although this is not likely to be completed any time soon.

But still, maybe - just maybe, we can now finally look forward to ending our agony of living next door to a worksite? We don't know at all - no one has bothered to update us residents these days.

This is how the worksite looks like now as seen from Mother's living room window last Saturday:



快点完工吧!

快,快,快!

快还给我们往日的幽静环境、清新空气吧!

2 comments:

KayAngMo said...

I was told that this worksite is actually finished.

The only reason that it is still open and in operation, was that it is a cement processing centre and that this function is still needed for other worksites which are near here.

That means, this work site in theory could have been cleaned up (say 1 year ago) and closed down.

Another classical case of who is bullying who.

Sigh.

KayAngMo said...

From your photos, I do not see the cement mixing equipment, maybe they are finally closing this worksite.

Calls for a celebration!