Take a peek into what the future holds for Singapore at the URA Draft Master Plan 2025 Exhibition at URA Centre and other locations around the island.
The URA Draft Master Plan 2025 exhibition is a showcase of Singapore’s land use development blueprint for the next 10 to 15 years. The plan was shaped through URA’s most extensive public engagement exercise to date and represents a milestone in Singapore’s development as a city-state.
The exhibition is also an opportunity to reflect on our shared journey as a nation and collective citizenship in overcoming challenges and shaping a future together.
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The URA Draft Master Plan 2025 exhibition showcases islandwide land use plans and strategies for more inclusive, accessible homes and neighbourhoods, refreshed business nodes and vibrant workspaces.
It also reflects on how Singapore can become more resilient and better able to respond to economic, social and climate challenges in the years to come.
The proposals showcased at the exhibition is to create a more liveable, inclusive and endearing Singapore, offering Singaporeans from all walks of life with more choices for living, working and leisure, as well as a deepened sense of identity and place.
To make Singapore a liveable, inclusive and endearing home where current and future generations can fulfill their aspirations, the Draft Master Plan 2025 focuses on:
- Shaping a Happy and Healthy City with more inclusive homes and support for active lifestyles and ageing-in-place as well as connected and accessible spaces.
- Enabling Sustainable Growth with a vibrant economy that creates opportunities for all.
- Strengthening Urban Resilience by leveraging creative solutions to optimise land and combat climate change.
- Stewarding Nature and Heritage by enhancing our natural capital and shaping a home that we cherish
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At the exhibition, there are various interactive elements that can be fun for kids.
There are touch screen panels that act as mini games, such as testing out your knowledge of Singapore’s heritage places.
There is also a Little City Lab – a LEGO zone for kids (and adults) to unleash their creativity by building the cityscape of their dreams.
We also liked how there were various interactive games that turn city planning into a fun play activity.
Here is a closer look at some of the details of the Draft Master Plan 2025.
Shaping a Happy and Healthy City
The Draft Master Plan 2025 presents plans for a more vibrant and inclusive city where everyone can have better access to essential services, lead more active lifestyles and move around with ease.
There will be a variety of housing options to cater to different needs, ages and backgrounds. They will enable more Singaporeans to benefit from convenient access to transport connectivity and a good range of amenities.
At the same time, the Draft Master Plan 2025 plans to also create endearing neighbourhoods with lively public spaces, pedestrianised streets and cycling connections that support social bonding, ageing-in-place, wellness and active lifestyles.
New Neighbourhoods
A mix of public and private homes, along with amenities will be introduced at Dover-Medway along Dover Road in the Greater one-north area. The new Dover-Medway neighbourhood will support residents who wish to stay close to work and learning spaces in the knowledge hub.
At Kranji, the site occupied by the former Singapore Racecourse will be redeveloped into a new housing estate that capitalises on its rustic surroundings to blend recreation and leisure attractions with daily living.
After the relocation of existing uses from 2028, the Sembawang Shipyard area will be progressively transformed into a distinctive mixed-use waterfront district where the design of the future housing estate will take into consideration the area’s coastal and maritime character.
With the relocation of Paya Lebar Air Base from the 2030s onwards, the site and its surrounding areas will gradually undergo a major transformation into a community-centric and future-ready town. It will feature an extensive network of green and blue spaces, well-connected mobility options and a distinct aviation character.
Integrated Community Hubs
The DMP2025 provides for new integrated community hubs in several towns, including proposed hubs in Woodlands, Yio Chu Kang and Sengkang. Conveniently located near transport nodes, these integrated community hubs will bring together sports, recreational, healthcare and retail facilities under one roof to better serve residents’ needs.
Residents can also look forward to six new Sport-In-Precinct (SIP) projects islandwide that are currently being built in Choa Chu Kang, Keat Hong, Ulu Pandan, Whampoa, Tampines North and Pasir Ris East, with more being studied by agencies.
Greener Journeys
The cycling network will be expanded to around 1,300km by 2030 to encourage healthier and greener journeys.
In support of the goal of shaping Singapore as a more connected city for walking and cycling, there are plans for a new pedestrian bridge connecting Marina Centre and Bay East Garden, providing pedestrians and cyclists with a more direct connection between the city and the East Coast along the Round Island Route by 2029.
Economic Gateways
The focus of the Draft Master Plan is to continue driving Singapore’s economic growth by strengthening economic gateways and business nodes, rejuvenating key precincts, and supporting innovation.
The Northern, Eastern and Western Gateways will continue to grow as important economic hubs. Upcoming developments in Woodlands Regional Centre will capitalise on the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone and upcoming Johor Bahru–Singapore Rapid Transit System Link, which is targeted to be ready by end-2026.
The opening of Changi Airport Terminal 5 in the mid-2030s will reinforce Singapore’s position as a global aviation hub
Revitalising the City Centre
Rejuvenation plans are underway for the Orchard and Downtown areas. This includes plans to create a new destination park in the heart of the city by merging Istana Park and Dhoby Ghaut Green with a 500-metre stretch of Orchard Road. In addition, an elevated pedestrian link bridge between Dhoby Ghaut Green and Fort Canning Park is also being planned. When implemented, these enhancements will create a refreshed and well-connected green space offering visitors a family-friendly area to gather in the city centre.
Over at Marina Bay, new attractions will be introduced to boost our city’s capacity to host international events in a vibrant environment for locals, businesses and leisure travellers alike. This includes a planned wellness destination and recreational spaces in the bay such as NS Square and PAssion Wave Outpost @ Bayfront, as well as the expansion of Marina Bay Sands.
Reimagining the Former Jurong Bird Park and Jurong Hill
The Jurong Hill area is being reimagined into a mixed-use precinct that blends work and leisure and is anchored by the site’s unique terrain and industrial identity.
This complements the proposed conservation of Jurong Hill Tower, as a symbol of Singapore’s industrial transformation since independence. Agencies will distil suitable ideas and concepts into planning and design principles to guide the site’s future redevelopment and uses.
Protecting Against Climate Change
Singapore is advancing plans for ‘Long Island’ — an integrated solution along the East Coast that will meet multiple national objectives. Beyond coastal protection, water and flood resilience, ‘Long Island’ will create land for future needs and recreational opportunities.
There are also plans to continue to tap on underground space to free up valuable surface space for people and build robust infrastructure to support long-term growth.
Stewarding Nature and Heritage
Over the next five years, it is targeted to implement more than 25 new parks and over 50km of park connectors.
For examples, the upcoming Kranji Nature Corridor, will strengthen ecological connectivity in the northern region of the island between the Mandai Mangrove and Mudflat Nature Park and the Central Catchment Nature Reserve, and provide new nature-based recreation opportunities for all.
Heritage & Identity
URA has developed a new thematic narrative framework covering key pillars of Singapore’s history and development as an independent nation: Economy, Housing, Social and Defence.
The framework aims to illustrate the roles that our built heritage plays in charting Singapore’s more recent history, and guides strategies to recall heritage as Singapore continues to develop, whether through adaptive reuse of selected buildings, or enhancing the characters of areas through sensitive urban design and placemaking initiatives.
In addition to conserving sites and buildings, there are proposals to enhance three Identity Corridors of Historic East, Kallang River and Inner Ring.
Dream Lab
At the exhibition, visitors can step into the Dream Lab — an interactive, AI-powered platform that invites them to imagine and generate vivid concept designs for Singapore’s urban spaces, either as an individual or a group.
Dream Lab reflects the consultative spirit of the Draft Master Plan 2025, empowering citizens to co-create, appreciate different viewpoints and reflect on the everyday choices that shape our city.
Visit the URA Draft Master Plan 2025 Exhibition: Learn More & Provide Feedback
Visit the Draft Master Plan 2025 Exhibition to learn about the plans for Singapore. The exhibition will be held at The URA Centre Atrium at 45 Maxwell Road from 25 Jun 2025 to 29 Nov 2025.
Opening hours for the exhibition are as follows:
- Monday to Friday: 8.30 am to 6.30 pm
- Saturday: 9 am to 5 pm (Closed on Sundays and Public Holidays)
The public can also sign up for guided tours of the exhibition hosted by URA volunteers at go.gov.sg/URADraftMasterPlan.
Admission to the exhibition is free.
The exhibition will also be brought to several neighbourhoods islandwide, as shown below:
- Toa Payoh HDB Hub 9 Aug to 17 Aug
- Our Tampines Hub 16 Aug to 24 Aug
- Causeway Point 19 Aug to 31 Aug
- Bedok Town Square 30 Aug to 7 Sep
- North Point 2 Sep to 14 Sep
- SingPost Centre 9 Sep to 21 Sep
- Great World City 16 Sep to 28 Sep
- Ang Mo Ko Town Centre 27 Sep to 5 Oct
- One Holland Village 4 Oct to 12 Oct
- Lot One 7 Oct to 19 Oct
- Plaza Singapura 20 Oct to 26 Oct
- Sengkang Grand Mall 25 Oct to 2 Nov
- Jurong Point 28 Oct to 9 Nov
In addition to sharing their feedback on the Draft Master Plan 2025, the public can also participate in a series of fringe activities that will be held in conjunction with the exhibition and SG60. These will include guided tours to new projects, workshops on urban planning, and more.
If you are visiting the URA Centre, you may also wish to pay a visit to the Singapore City Gallery, which is also located within the building.
