Singapore Moves Forward With Geylang River Imrovement Works
Architectural and landscaping elements will be injected to the Geylang River to offer residents a series of vibrant experiences by May 2013.
The project, under PUB’s Active, Beautiful, Clean Waters programme, will create new recreational spaces and bring residents closer to water.
Makeover for Geylang River
Active, Beautiful, Clean Waters programme at Geylang River will create new recreational spaces and bring residents closer to water.
Come 2013, residents in the Dunman Road and Guillemard Road areas can look forward to a new recreational space in their neighbourhood.
Under national water agency, PUB’s Active, Beautiful, Clean Waters (ABC Waters) programme, architectural and landscaping elements will be injected to the Geylang River to create leisure pathways offering a series of vibrant experiences, synonymous with the theme of ‘delighting in simple pleasures’.
PUB has awarded the public tender for the Geylang River Improvement Works project to Koh Brothers Building & Civil Engineering Contractor (Pte) Ltd at $37.8 million. The project will commence in November 2010 and is scheduled to be completed by May 2013.
Into its fourth year, the ABC Waters Programme has been transforming Singapore’s comprehensive network of drains, canals and rivers into beautiful streams, rivers and lakes and integrates our water bodies with our parks and green spaces, creating new community spaces that are clean, pleasant and bustling with life and activity.
Besides incorporating ABC Waters features along the 830-metre stretch from Dunman Road to Guillemard Road, the project also includes a widening of the stretch of river as part of drainage improvement.
With a section of the river bank already accessible by Geylang Park Connector, this improvement project will create a primary pedestrian and multi-purpose corridor that provides key connectivity from the Dakota MRT station to the residential estates as well as the recreational, institutional and commercial facilities in the vicinity.
In line with the theme of ‘delighting in simple pleasures’, railings, paving, gabion walls and plants are combined to deliver different moods along the entire waterway.
Nodes along the waterway will serve as communal spaces for the residents.
Design elements reflective of the area’s heritage, such as a Songket-inspired paving design, and shelters and trellis spotting an interpretative style of stilts-and-posts, will form an identifiable feature along the river bank.
A gazebo reminiscent of a ‘Pondok’ (a rustic-style pavilion for gathering and rest) will be elevated over the waters at a strategic focal point of the River.
Located at the bend of the river, the riverbank steps down gradually to the waterway with the gazebo and connecting walkway elevated above.
Another key feature of the project is a rain garden to demonstrate the connection between water, nature and people.
By transforming part of an existing pocket park, the rain garden provides a collection point for rainwater, cleansed by the flora and collected for recirculation to a water sculpture.
Dubbed the ‘water porcupine’, this sculpture provides a play feature for children and brings the experience of water closer to them.
During the project design stage, PUB also sought input from grassroots organisations and community groups.
This helps to ensure that the project is developed in a sustainable manner, addresses the community needs and enhances the living environment.
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