l be heavily under-utilised if they are opened together with the rest of the stations around them. The remaining 11 stations, from Stevens to Gardens by the Bay, are slated to open later this year.
In a written reply to a parliamentary question filed by Mr Melvin Yong , Mr Iswaran said the Land Transport Authority will work with land use agencies to closely monitor the pace of development in the areas surrounding Mount Pleasant and Marina South.two TEL stations would be mothballedThis appeared to go against an earlier promise made in 2009 by then Transport Minister Raymond Lim that all completed stations on new MRT lines would be opened once trains started rolling.
As for Marina South, there has been no mention of what is in store, but five plots of land north of the future station are zoned for residential use.
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