What Budget 2013 may have in store for public infrastructure

Aside from doubling the current MRT network.

According to DBS, the government has announced plans to increase public infrastructure capacity to ease the current bottlenecks and to cater to a potential population size of 6.9 million. 

This includes doubling the total rail length of the existing MRT network, building 200,000 new homes within the next four years and catering up to 700,000 units by 2030.

Here's more from DBS:

More satellite commercial centres will be built, along with more public amenities such as schools, hospitals, nursing homes, childcare centres and parks.

Indeed, this is probably the most extensive and comprehensive public infrastructure building exercise since independence.

This budget will most likely focus on some of the interim projects within the next five years, that is, the low hanging fruits that will help in achieving the longer-term goal.