Burst
water pipe causes part of Woodlands Road to collapse
This photo taken
from Blk 605 Senja Road was one of the nearest vantage points
available to view the extent of the road cave-in (Yahoo! photo)
Part of Woodlands Road next to West View Primary School and towards
the direction of Upper Bukit Timah Road collapsed Saturday
night.
In a statement, a spokesperson from the Land Transport Authority
attributed the incident to a burst water pipe “which caused
localised depression” on the affected stretch.
When Yahoo!
Singapore visited
the area at 12:45am Sunday morning, about 500 metres of the
two-lane road, bordered by the junction to Senja Way and the
junction between Choa Chu Kang Road and Bukit Panjang Road, was
closed off to pedestrians and vehicles.
The road cave-in was located in the middle of the closed-off
stretch, on the lane to the right. No casualties due to the cave-in
had been reported.
At the time Yahoo!
Singapore visited
the affected stretch, resurfacing works were ongoing. Traffic
wardens and construction workers helped to reroute traffic into
nearby Senja Way.
A resident, who did not want to be named, said that he noticed the
roadblock some time after 8pm Saturday night. The man said that he
did not see the cave-in nor heard any noise when it
occurred.
The road cave-in is bordered by construction for an upcoming
flyover connecting Woodlands Road and Upper Bukit Timah Road, as
well as the second phase of the underground Downtown Line.
Construction works next to the cave-in were still ongoing after the
incident.
