The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) is looking for more opportunities to develop underground space, URA’s Chief Planner and Deputy CEO Lim Eng Hwee said in a media interview recently.
“At some point when land becomes so dear, we would have no choice, which is the case of Japan, when you have no option. So underground is the default option, but as you do more of it, you find ways of managing the issues, a clever way of managing the cost and a clever way of making it a bit more optimal. The potential is huge but we have to find ways to overcome these challenges and we are trying to do it partly learning by doing,” he said