Late night noise at MRT site in Hougang irks residents; LTA says work can't be stopped for safety reasons

Late night noise at MRT site in Hougang irks residents; LTA says work can't be stopped for safety reasonsworksite at night, but the authorities say that safety concerns in building a"diaphragm wall" is the reason why work has to sometimes continue into the wee hours of the night.A construction site next to a public housing block at Hougang Avenue 10. The construction was still going on at about 11pm on April 15, 2024.

In response to TODAY's queries, the National Environment Agency said in a joint statement with the Land Transport Authority on Monday said that between January and March this year, they had received eight"feedback cases" from Block 513 Hougang Avenue 10 residents regarding the noise. The excavation work for the diaphragm wall are still ongoing as of Thursday. TODAY has reached out to LTA to ask how long they will be carried out.TODAY visited Block 513 Hougang Avenue, which directly faces the construction site, on Wednesday and spoke to 11 residents about how they are being affected.

This included putting up 12m-tall noise barriers, where possible, along the perimeter of the construction worksite. The post was accompanied by a 33-second video showing that lights are still on at the worksite and there is a thumping sound.Another Hougang resident, Ms Lyn Koh, 25, told TODAY that she is quite a light sleeper and gets woken easily by sudden noises.“The noise disrupted my sleep and quality of rest and affected my well-being.”

Ms Koh still visits her home in Hougang occasionally to see her parents or to get her things but said she would not sleep there if she can help it.

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