KEPPEL ROAD (Footpaths and bus shelter)

Mr P. Govindaswamy asked the Minister for National Development and Communications if his Ministry will consider the construction of footpaths along Keppel Road, in view of danger to pedestrians from the fast-moving traffic along that road, as well as the erection of a bus shelter near the shipping office of the Port of Singapore Authority.

Dr Tan Eng Liang (for the Minister for National Development and Communications): Mr Speaker, Sir, footpaths will be provided along Keppel Road as it is widened. Tenders have been called for widening the stretch between Anson Road and PSA Gate 3. There will be footpaths on both sides of the above stretch and a bus shelter near Low Hill Road. Widening of Keppel Road between PSA Gate 3 and Lower Delta Road Extension is scheduled for implementation in 1980.