PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS ALONG BALESTIER ROAD

Mr Sia Khoon Seong asked the Minister for National Development and Communications, in view of the recent efforts by Government to increase road safety measures and promote road safety consciousness particularly among pedestrians, and in view of the increased volume of vehicular traffic and pedestrian movement along Balestier Road, whether his Ministry has any immediate plans to install an overhead bridge and/or pedestrian crossings at appropriate points along Balestier Road.

Dr Tan Eng Liang (for the Minister for National Development and Communications): Sir, there are four existing pedestrian crossings along Balestier Road at the following locations:

(a) Pedestrian crossing lines at the junction of:

(i) Balestier Road/Serangoon Road

(ii) Balestier Road/Kim Keat Road

(iii) Balestier Road/Thomson Road

(b) A push-button pedestrian crossing near McNair Road.

In addition to the above, the following facilities will be installed in the 1978/79 fiscal year:

(i) Pedestrian crossing lines with green-man, red-man signal heads at the junction of Balestier Road/Moulmein Road.

(ii) Green-man, red-man signal heads at the existing pedestrian crossing lines at the junction of Balestier Road/Serangoon Road.

(iii) A push-button pedestrian signal near Balestier Hill School.