MODERN SANITATION FACILITIES FOR HILLSIDE DRIVE, KOVAN ROAD AND LANGE ROAD

Mr Ng Kah Ting asked the Minister for Law and the Environment whether and when his Ministry plans to extend modern sanitation facilities from Yio Chu Kang Road to the vicinity of Hillside Drive, Kovan Road and Lange Road.

The Minister for Law and the Environment (Mr E. W. Barker): Mr Speaker, Sir, the sewerage system completed recently in the Upper Serangoon Constituency serves the area bounded by Hillside Drive, Highland Road, Sirat Road, Yio Chu Kang Road and Upper Serangoon Road. However, due to the topography of the area, the gravity sewer could not be extended to Lange Road or Kovan Road. A separate sewer reticulation system is required for this low-lying area.

The Sewerage Department is planning to provide such a system to the area. If the project is approved and funds are available -- I need not add, from the Ministry of Finance -- public sewers should be available in about two to three years' time.