Chencharu area in Yishun to get new park, integrated development with hawker centre, bus interchange

SINGAPORE – A colonial-era plantation house in Bukit Sembawang will sit atop a new park, which is among the amenities to be built for the residents of an up-and-coming housing area in Yishun.

Chencharu was made up of plantations and farms in the 1900s and was subsequently redeveloped for recreational and commercial uses – it housed plant nurseries and the former Bottle Tree Park, which later became Orto leisure park. The area was identified for residential use in the Urban Redevelopment Authority’s 2019 masterplan., at least 80 per cent of which will be public flats, National Development Minister Desmond Lee announced in March.

Precincts will have convenient public transport links and be connected to recreational spaces to encourage people to walk and cycle as part of their commutes. There will also be walking and cycling paths that link to neighbouring towns like Sembawang and to recreation nodes such as Khatib Bongsu Nature Park, Lower Seletar Reservoir and the upcoming North-South Corridor.

Taking inspiration from the bungalow’s architecture, with its floors raised above ground on masonry piers and columns, the BTO project will have a black outline on the first few storeys and a red, black and white facade that mirrors the colours of the house, it said.More On This TopicHDB said the park, located adjacent to the BTO project, will have playgrounds, fitness corners with exercise equipment, open lawns and hard courts for sports and a therapeutic garden.

Two tenants in Lorong Chencharu that were popular with the public and have to vacate their premises to make way for the new developments will beThey are Ground-Up Initiative, a non-profit organisation known for its focus on sustainability and community building, and the Live Turtle Museum.

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