DPM Teo opens Lor Halus Wetland biodiversity haven
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Mar 5, 2011 - Straits Times
MORE than 1,000 residents gathered for a brisk walk to mark the occasion as Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean officially opened the Lorong Halus Wetland and part of the Punggol Promenade on Saturday.
Located in north-eastern Singapore along the eastern bank of Serangoon Reservoir, Lorong Halus Wetland was transformed from a landfill into an educational site and biodiversity haven for plants, birds and other wildlife.
The project is part of the Active, Beautiful, Clean Waters (ABC Waters) Programme by national water agency PUB. 'The Lorong Halus Wetland will provide a new space for members of the public to enjoy not just the tranquility and greenery of the wetland, but also the new habitat that this wetland has created for birds, butterflies, dragonflies and other wildlife,' said Mr Tan Nguan Sen, PUB's Director of Catchment and Waterways.
The Riverside Walk portion of the 4.9km-long Punggol Promenade was also opened by Mr Teo on Saturday. Envisioned as a rustic promenade, it allows families to enjoy the natural setting of the river banks. It is designed with exercise stations, dedicated bicycle and jogging tracks, as well as lookout points that allow visitors to get closer to the water's edge.
The Punggol Promenade is part of URA's Parks and Waterbodies and Identity Plans. In the plans, the coastal and waterfront areas of Punggol were envisaged as a major recreational and leisure destination for the residents in the north-east of Singapore.
When fully completed at the end of the year, the promenade will provide seamless public access to the entire Punggol waterfront and serve as a recreation corridor to support future waterfront housing and a range of recreation developments.
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Wahahah
but accessibility to there is cmi
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look sterile.
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Is it the Lorong Halus that a lot of dump trucks go to? I'm interested in visiting that place.
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went there this afternoon...
not bad... quite nice...
should go before ppl start going there....
enjoy the tranquility now...
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Originally posted by GHoST_18:
went there this afternoon...
not bad... quite nice...
should go before ppl start going there....
enjoy the tranquility now...
still sterile, artificial.
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think tats reclaimed land from rubbish, isit still hazardous?