SG Budget 2017: S$20b to be spent over five years to double the MRT network by 2030
THE Singapore government expects to spend more than S$20 billion over the next five years to almost double the train network in the city-state by 2030, Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat said on Monday.
The enhancement of Singapore's public transport infrastructure will put eight in 10 households within a 10-minute walk of a rail station, Mr Heng said in his Singapore Government's Budget Statement for financial year 2017 in Parliament on Monday.
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