Fort Canning Tunnel

Besides the utilisation of relatively new engineering techniques, special care was taken to minimise impact on the environment of the surrounding Fort Canning during construction.

[2] The FCT was one of four Technical Tours organised by the Land Transport Authority and Association of Consulting Engineers on 29 September 2006 during the World Roads Conference 2006 held in Singapore.

[7] The construction of the FCT would form a grid pattern, resulting in more efficient land use for the adjacent Singapore Management University (SMU) campus.

[3] Construction of the FCT started in October 2003[3] and the tunnel was opened on 16 January 2007,[5] despite original plans for completion by the end of 2006.

[11] In addition, a section of Stamford Road was temporarily redirected through the SMU campus near Prinsep Street during construction[4] before its final realignment in front of the National Museum.

The diversion of Stamford Road had to relocate the bus stop nearer to the school (SMU), instead of near to National Museum of Singapore.

In order not to conflict fast-moving traffic, the bus stop was moved to another side (Dhoby Ghaut MRT Station).

[5] The construction team used overlapping steel pipe roofs as support, with shotcrete lining, thick temporary invert, 2 layers of mesh, lattice girders and a watertight PVC membrane.

[6] A professional arboriculture company, Arborculture, was employed to assess the risk to flora in the area, as well as provide conservation and management strategies.