New underground linkway to connect Yishun MRT, Northpoint City

SINGAPORE — A new underground link connecting Yishun MRT station to the new bus interchange at upcoming integrated development Northpoint City will soon be constructed, Frasers Centrepoint Limited (FCL) announced in a media release today (July 20). 

The linkway - to be named Northpoint Link - will supplement the current underpass connecting Yishun MRT station and the bus interchange via Northpoint Shopping Centre, FCL said. About 30 convenience and “take-away” food and beverage shops will flank the underground link, which will be fully air-conditioned, it added.

Construction of Northpoint Link will begin in Aug 2015, and is estimated to be complete in two years. FCL added that there will be diversions for both pedestrian and vehicular traffic along Yishun Ave 2 during the construction period, but there would be no compromise on the number of lanes for vehicles, as well as footpath capacity.

Northpoint City comprises the 920-unit North Park Residences, the Yishun Integrated Transport Hub, Nee Soon Central Community Club, a Town Plaza, a community garden and retail and F&B outlets. It is expected to be complete in 2018.  CHANNEL NEWSASIA

CLARIFICATION: An earlier report referred to the new underground linkway as a mall. FCL has clarified that while there will be retail stores located within the linkway connecting Yishun MRT station and the future Northpoint City, it is not regarded as a mall.