Tweaking Bus Services within Boon Lay Place and Jurong West to Better Serve Residents

Mr Patrick Tay Teck Guan asked the Minister for Transport whether a re-route of existing bus services or additional stops for certain hours or a new bus loop service which ply through Boon Lay Place and the Jurong West parts of Boon Lay constituency can be introduced so that residents living in the Jurong West side of Boon Lay can commute to Boon Lay Place, where most of the community facilities are located, more conveniently and vice versa.

Currently, commuters can travel between Boon Lay Place and Jurong West via a direct public bus service, that is, Service 99, or within one bus transfer. As the area is adequately served by existing bus services, there are no plans to roll out new services or to amend existing services. The Land Transport Authority has to be mindful that many commuters could be negatively affected if existing bus services are amended.