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Singapore mulls over building underground cavern facility in Mandai to store construction materials
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JTC Corporation is set to commission a study assessing the feasibility of building underground caverns in Gali Batu, in an area behind Gali Batu MRT Depot.
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SINGAPORE – The authorities are considering building a massive underground cavern facility in Gali Batu, near Mandai and close to a disused granite quarry, to store construction material and free up land above ground for other uses.
JTC Corporation is engaging consultancy services for a “high-level, conceptual study” to assess the feasibility of using underground caverns in Gali Batu to store aggregate – a coarse raw material made up of sand and stone, among other things, that is used in construction processes such as making cement.
