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After Brookvale Park's February 2018 en-bloc sale, a mandatory traffic study and discussions with LTA lead the Ki Residences developer to agree to build a new 1.2 km road — Brookvale Drive — connecting Sunset Way to Clementi Road, through the forest's edge.
More details →AECOM (appointed by LTA) surveyed biodiversity across Clementi and Maju Forests from November 2019 to March 2020, for the Cross Island Line Phase 2 EIA. That assessment recorded Maju Forest at 33.2 ha — the earlier study the 2026 EIA refers back to.
The CRL Phase 2 EIA was open for public feedback from October to November 2022 (13 responses, plus open letters from SG Youth Voices for Biodiversity and the “Nature & Us” weblog); LTA published its response on 19 September 2023. This feedback concerned the Cross Island Line — not the housing plan — though the 2026 EIA cites it.
The new road opens after five years in the making. About 3.6 hectares of forest were cut down to make way for it — by the Straits Times' count, about 14.4 per cent of Maju Forest.
More details →NParks, on behalf of HDB, appoints Aurecon to carry out the Environmental Impact Assessment at Sunset Way (the ~23 ha study area).
An engagement session with local Nature Groups on the scope of the EIA — no objections to the scope of works were raised.
Aurecon's Environmental Impact Assessment at Sunset Way (Revision 6, 1 July 2026).
More details →HDB announces plans to clear 15 of 23 hectares of Maju Forest for public housing, and opens the EIA feedback window.
An engagement session is held with residents. Afterwards, the petition organiser asked: “We were heard — but were we listened to?”
More details →Maju and Gillman forests raised in Parliament — MOS Alvin Tan answers on the development of Gillman Barracks and Sunset Way.
The formal EIA feedback window closed. HDB's general write-to-us channel stayed open — and residents urged HDB to reopen the formal window.
After discussions with nature groups, MOS Alvin Tan announces further adjustments to the plans for Sunset Way and Gillman Barracks: more forested area is to be retained, with nature groups urging a wider green corridor. The finalised plan is due in the coming months.
More than 2,000 people gather at Hong Lim Park in defence of Singapore's forests — community booths, speeches, poetry and song.
Over 130 residents met MPs Christopher de Souza and Sim Ann and the agencies (HDB, NParks, URA) at Ulu Pandan CC. HDB confirmed it now plans to retain about 8 ha (35%) of the forest, but the resident who asked point-blank was told the site will be developed. Residents pressed on the rushed EIA, the climate contradiction, and whether the housing is needed at all. The session ran nearly three hours.
Sunset Way residents write to Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and Ambassador for Climate Action Ravi Menon with an alternative to clearing: retain the forest in full as a centre for climate research, learning and recreation.
A detailed Environmental Management & Monitoring Plan, tender and clearance would follow. The final configuration is not settled — Master Plans have been redrawn before, and public voice still counts.
Our proposal
Sunset Way residents wrote to Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and Ambassador for Climate Action Ravi Menon with an alternative: retain the forest in full as a research centre and recreational space — a living laboratory for urban cooling, biodiversity and climate adaptation, and a classroom for Singapore's schools.
Past events
More than 2,000 people gathered at Hong Lim Park in response to a month of plans affecting Maju Forest, Gillman Barracks, Sembawang, Tengah and Tagore — an afternoon of community booths, speeches, poetry and song in red and green.
Over 130 residents met the two MPs and the agencies (HDB, NParks, URA) for nearly three hours. HDB confirmed it now plans to retain about 8 ha (35%) of the forest — but told the room the site will be developed. Here's our thematic summary of the evening.
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