Future Developments
Botanic Gardens MRT Station is located at the northwestern part of the Bukit Timah Core area of the Gardens. The station is part of the Circle Line, and opened on 8 October 2011. It will be an interchange station for the upcoming Downtown Line's Bukit Timah Section, which opens in 2015. With the opening of the station, getting to the Gardens using public transportation is now far more convenient.
During the launch of the Children's Garden, the Chief Executive Officer of the National Parks Board mentioned that the Singapore Botanic Gardens will be expanded to include another 11 hectares of land. The land was previously occupied by the Singapore Management University. The Board also revealed that it would spend some $30 million to build five thematic gardens on the newly acquired land. The first garden will be the Healing Garden, expected to open by the first half of 2010. The other four will be the Fragrant Garden, Terrace Garden, Foliage Valley and Ethnobotany Garden. However, if past projects are any indication, these projects may not open on time. For example, the Botany Centre and Tanglin Redevelopment was supposed to open by 2005 but did not open till 2006. The Children's Garden was supposed to be completed by 2006 but did not open till October 2007.
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