New park connector to link Rail Corridor to Jurong Lake Gardens

Jurong Town Hall Park Connector to add 2km of trails to Clementi Nature Corridor

- Joyce Lim

The new Jurong Town Hall Park Connector is set to open in September as part of an ambitious project to link all sorts of green trails in the western and central parts of Singapore for recreation.

Around 2km of Jurong Town Hall Park Connector - which runs along Jurong Town Hall Road and the Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE) will provide a direct link between the Rail Corridor and Jurong Lake Gardens. Interim paths will be provided where the park connector is temporarily affected by rail and sewer works.

These trails are part of the ambitious Clementi Nature Corridor, a broad ecological corridor that encompasses forested sites and will house 18km of trails, announced by the National Parks Board (NParks) in 2021.

The opening of the Jurong Town Hall Park Connector adds to the existing 9km of green trails - including a 500m section of the Clementi Nature Trail, Ulu Pandan Park Connector and Rail Corridor - that are currently accessible by the public.

This will bring the total publicly accessible green network to 11km by September.

Speaking at a community treeplanting event on Aug 31, Minister for National Development Desmond Lee said: "This corridor will provide Singaporeans with greater recreational opportunities, while enabling them to connect with nature."