Channel NewsAsia - Monday, August
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SINGAPORE: The building of two new cycling tracks has begun in
Tampines housing estate.
The tracks are expected to be completed at the end of the year
and will help to facilitate cycling within the neighbourhood.
To be built at a cost of S$1 million, the new bicycle lanes will
be sited next to the pedestrian footpath.
One of them, measuring 720 metres, will be built between
Tampines Avenue 5 and 3.
The other lane, measuring about 1.5 kilometres, will link up
Tampines Street 32 and Tampines Avenue 4.
The Tampines Town Council says it will consider building more
bicycle lanes if the first phase of its project is
well—received.
National Development Minister and MP for Tampines GRC, Mah Bow
Tan, said: "The Ministry of Transport has already indicated...(it
is) interested to promote cycling as a mode of transport, instead
of just as a form of leisure. So as a mode of transport for travel
within the town, I think Tampines is probably the first one that
has gone in such big way in promoting this." — CNA/ir