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 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 ...
to the north,
Jurong East to the east and the strait of Selat Jurong to the south.
The Boon Lay Planning Area is different from
Boon Lay
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 Are ...
. 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
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and to the north of
Jurong Island.
Included as part of the territory of Boon Lay Planning Area is
Pulau Samulun
Pulau Samulun is an offshore island in Jurong Industrial Estate, Singapore. It is separated from mainland Singapore by Selat Samulun. It is only less than a kilometre away from Singapore mainland. Jurong Shipyard is located in Pulau Samulun and ...
, a minor island off Singapore's southwestern coast and connected to the mainland via Jalan Samulun.
Subzones
As defined by the
Urban Redevelopment Authority, Boon Lay Planning Area is officially divided into 4 subzones:
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