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The town is bordered to the north by the Pan Island Expressway (PIE), to the east by Sungei Jurong (Jurong River) and Jurong Lake, to the south by the Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE), and to the west by Benoi Road and Upper Jurong Road. Jurong West Town Centre is located in Jurong West Central.
Jalan Boon Lay (Chinese: 惹兰文礼) is a major road in Jurong West, Singapore.Travelling in a north-south direction, Jalan Boon Lay connects the junctions of Jurong West Avenue 4, Jurong West Avenue 2 and Jalan Bahar in the north with the junctions of Jurong Pier Road, Jurong Hill Flyover, Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim and Ayer Rajah Expressway in the south.
In addition, there is Jurong West Public Library. There is also SAFRA Clubhouse at Jurong, which is situated at the south-eastern fringe of the subzone, near to Boon Lay MRT Station. The Jurong West Sports and Recreation Centre is located at the western fringe of the subzone along Pioneer Road North.
The main roads in Hong Kah are Jurong West Avenue 2, Corporation Road, Boon Lay Way, Jurong Town Hall Road, Jurong East Avenue 1 and Jurong West Avenue 1, which connects the precinct to the rest of the island through the PIE exits 31 and 34, to the Bukit Batok Road and Jurong West Avenue 2 with minor roads (Jurong West Street 41/42/51/52 and ...
A bypass road connecting Jurong Road to Bukit Timah Road at the current site of the former Bukit Timah Fire Station was constructed at a cost of $158,000, with its opening announced in March 1959. [3] [4] [a] The stretch of Jurong Road west of Boon Lay Road (now called Jalan Boon Lay) was renamed to Upper Jurong Road between 1958 and 1961. [b]
Pioneer Road was extended northward from present-day Upper Jurong Road, becoming Pioneer Road North, to connect to the new PIE exit. This signalled the start of the development of Jurong West Extension (Yunnan, Pioneer and Gek Poh). [17] The N9 estate was the first to be built, while the N6 estate was the last, constructed only in the early 2000s.
To facilitate the JRL construction, road diversion works for Jurong West Street 64 began in June 2022, [41] [42] alongside the relocation of a bicycle park near the station. [43] Piling works were carried out from August to December 2022. [44] [45] A temporary protection enclosure was installed over the EWL tracks. [46]
Rather, its name was derived from Pioneer Road North, a major road to the west of the station that travels in the north–south direction. Pioneer station is currently the nearest MRT station to the Nanyang Technological University until 2029 when Nanyang Gateway and Nanyang Crescent stations along the Jurong Region MRT line opens.