SINGAPORE - About 44ha of land will be reclaimed as part of works to expand the Woodlands Checkpoint - a smaller area than what was initially studied, so as to minimise the impact on the environment. JTC Corporation and the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said about 34ha of land will be reclaimed on the western side of the Causeway...
JTC Corporation and the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority said about 34ha of land will be reclaimed on the western side of the Causeway linking Malaysia and Singapore, and 10ha on the eastern side.SINGAPORE - About 44ha of land will be reclaimed as part of works to expand the Woodlands Checkpoint - a smaller area than what was initially studied, so as to minimise the impact on the environment.
Reclamation is tentatively scheduled to start in the third quarter of 2024 and slated to be completed by 2029. The initial area studied had a 75m distance between the reclaimed portion and the jetty, while the final profile is about 620m away from the jetty. But the EIA found a high density of macrobenthic organisms - those that live at the bottom of a water body - in sediment samples from the mudflat near the western reclamation site.
The mangroves at the nature park also have significant conservation value, with the report identifying 12 major species and five minor species of mangroves. "If the pilot trial is successful, machine learning will provide reliable real-time bird count data, minimise human intrusion in biodiversity areas, ensure surveyor safety from natural predators, and reduce errors in bird counting," it added.
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