Jalan Boon Lay () is a major road in

Jurong West Jurong West is a planning area and residential town located in the West Region of Singapore. Jurong West shares boundaries with Tengah in the north, Jurong East in the east, Boon Lay and Pioneer in the south, and Western Water Catchment in t ...

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

. Travelling in a north-south direction, Jalan Boon Lay connects the junctions of Jurong West Avenue 4,

Jurong West Avenue 2 Jurong () is a major geographical region located at the south-westernmost point of the West Region of Singapore. Although mostly vaguely defined, the region's extent roughly covers the planning areas of Jurong East, Jurong West, Boon Lay, and ...

and

Jalan Bahar Jalan Bahar () is a major arterial road from Lim Chu Kang Road to Jurong West Avenue 2; originally a Jurong Road/Lim Chu Kang Road link. It was opened on 9 April 1965 to connect the rural areas of Lim Chu Kang to the Jurong Industrial Estate. It a ...

in the north with the junctions of Jurong Pier Road, Jurong Hill Flyover,

Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim () is a road located in Boon Lay, Singapore. Named after Singaporean politician Ahmad Ibrahim, the road links Ayer Rajah Expressway with Jurong Hill Flyover. History Built in 1961, it was the first road to be built as an ex ...

and

Ayer Rajah Expressway The Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE) extends from the western end of the Marina Coastal Expressway in the south of Singapore to Tuas in the west near the Tuas Second Link to Malaysia. Together with the Marina Coastal Expressway and the East Coast ...

in the south.

Etymology and history

The road was previously known as "Boon Lay Road" in the 1950s. It was named after

Chew Boon Lay Chewing or mastication is the process by which food is crushed and ground by teeth. It is the first step of digestion, and it increases the surface area of foods to allow a more efficient break down by enzymes. During the mastication process, t ...

(), one of Singapore's early pioneers and a successful businessman. The land in which Jalan Boon Lay and its adjacent areas once belonged to Chew and it was acquired by the colonial government sometime in the late 1940s and 1950s. During the 1960s, when Singapore became a state of Malaysia, it used the prefix ''"Jalan"'' and many other Malay roads were paved in the area as industrialization grew, including "Jalan Pabrik" (Renamed to ''"Jurong Port Road"'') and "Jalan Utasan" (Renamed to ''"International Road"''). During this time, the road was realigned and a part of the old road was renamed ''"Jalan Boon Lay Lama"''. The part of it has since been defunct.

Today

Located in the precinct of

Boon Lay Place Boon Lay (, ta, பூன் லே) is a neighbourhood located in the town of Jurong West in the West Region of Singapore. Its borders very roughly correspond to the URA subzone of Boon Lay Place, situated within the Jurong West Planning Area ...

, Jalan Boon Lay is a major arterial road, linking

and

. The road has spawn several other roads and landmarks named in Chew's honor, including "Boon Lay Way" and "Boon Lay Crescent" all located within Boon Lay Housing Estate. The road also serves as the western boundary of Boon Lay Place. The road currently features a mixture of industrial and housing estates and can get quite congested during peak hours, especially at the intersection of Boon Lay Way and Jalan Boon Lay.

Landmarks

Landmarks located along Jalan Boon Lay include: *Jurong Central Park *River Valley High School *

ST Kinetics ST Engineering Land Systems Ltd (STELS), doing business as ST Kinetics, is a strategic business area of ST Engineering and handles land systems and specialty vehicles. In 2000, ST Engineering acquired the Chartered Industries of Singapore (CIS) ...

/STA Inspection Centre

References

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