PEDESTRIAN OVERHEAD BRIDGE AT SERANGOON ROAD/BOON KENG ROAD (Construction)

Inche Abdul Aziz Karim asked the Minister for Law and National Development whether a pedestrian overhead bridge will be constructed at the junction of Serangoon Road and Boon Keng Road to span both those roads, and when.

Mr Barker: Sir, there are no plans to construct a pedestrian overhead bridge at the junction of Serangoon and Boon Keng Roads to span both or either of these roads.

Inche Abdul Aziz Karim: Sir, I thought it was approved in 1969 that a pedestrian overhead bridge would be constructed at the junction of Boon Keng Road and Serangoon Road. Can the Minister explain why there cannot be an overhead bridge at the junction of these two roads?

Mr Barker: Sir, at present there is one light-controlled surface crossing across Serangoon Road near its junction with Towner Road and Boon Keng Road. That portion of Serangoon Road which is now two-way will be turned into a one-way street when its extension to Bendemeer Road is completed early next year, whereupon Bendemeer Road itself will also be made one-way. Boon Keng Road will then be turned into a two-way traffic system to allow cars to turn from Serangoon Road to Bendemeer Road and from Bendemeer Road to Serangoon Road. When this new traffic circulatory system is introduced, another light-controlled surface crossing will be installed across Boon Keng Road near its junction with Serangoon Road.