Boon Lay is a
planning area
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located in the
West Region of Singapore. The planning area is bounded by the planning areas of
Pioneer to the west,
Jurong West
Jurong West is a Planning Areas of Singapore, planning area and New towns of Singapore, residential town located in the West Region, Singapore, West Region of Singapore. Jurong West shares Wiktionary:boundary, boundaries with Tengah, Singapore, ...
to the north,
Jurong East
Jurong East is a Planning Areas of Singapore, planning area and New towns of Singapore, residential town situated in the West Region, Singapore, West Region of Singapore. It borders Jurong West and Boon Lay to the west, Clementi, Singapore, Cl ...
to the east and the strait of Selat Jurong to the south.
The Boon Lay Planning Area is different from
Boon Lay
Boon Lay (, ) is a neighbourhood located in the town of Jurong West in the West Region, Singapore, West Region of Singapore. Its borders very roughly correspond to the URA subzone of Boon Lay Place, situated within the Jurong West Planning Area. ...
. The latter is a residential neighbourhood located in the adjacent Jurong West Planning Area. Along with adjacent Pioneer, the Boon Lay Planning Area is a constituent part of the much larger Jurong Industrial Estate.
Geography
Location
The Boon Lay Planning Area is located along the southwestern coast of the
Singapore mainland and to the north of
Jurong Island
Jurong Island is an island located to the southwest of the main island of Singapore. It was formed from the amalgamation of seven offshore islands, the islands of Pulau Ayer Chawan, Pulau Ayer Merbau, Pulau Merlimau, Pulau Pesek, Pulau Pesek ...
.
Included as part of the territory of Boon Lay Planning Area is
Pulau Samulun, a minor island off Singapore's southwestern coast and connected to the mainland via Jalan Samulun.
Subzones
As defined by the
Urban Redevelopment Authority
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, Boon Lay Planning Area is officially divided into 4 subzones:
References
{{Places in Singapore
West Region, Singapore