SINGAPORE - A low-lying section of the park connector along Ulu Pandan Canal that was flooded on April 17 will be raised in tandem with future developments, Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu told Parliament on Monday (May 10).
She was responding to questions from Mr Christopher de Souza (Holland-Bukit Timah GRC) about the flash floods that occurred on April 17 during intense rainfall, including what would be done to prevent a similar occurrence in the future.
While acknowledging that flash floods occurred at the 300m-long stretch along Ulu Pandan Canal, Ms Fu noted that major roads in the area, which is served by the canal, such as Clementi Road, Clementi Avenue 6, Commonwealth Avenue West and Ayer Rajah Expressway, were not flooded.
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Impractical to expand Singapore s drains to accommodate all instances of extreme rainfall: Grace Fu
PUB s quick response teams vehicle was deployed near Sime Darby Centre on Apr 17, 2021. (Photo: PUB)
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SINGAPORE: It would be impractical to expand Singapore’s drains to accommodate all instances of extreme rainfall as this would require “massive land take and much higher costs”, said Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu.
Speaking in Parliament on Monday (May 10), Ms Fu noted that drainage design standards were raised a decade ago to cater for higher intensity rainfall, in line with national water agency PUB’s efforts to address the impact of climate change.
Tuesday, 20 Apr 2021 10:51 AM MYT
Prolonged rain on April 17 and 18, 2021, saw flash floods occur around Singapore, prompting national water agency PUB to issue flood-risk warnings for more than 20 locations. Picture via Facebook/ Roads.sg
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SINGAPORE, April 20 Flash floods over the weekend showed that even after Singapore has spent S$2 billion (RM6.2 billion) to improve drainage over the last decade, it still needs to invest more to deal with the effects of climate change.
This is why the Singapore government is pumping in another S$1.4 billion in the next five years to enhance the country’s drainage systems, Grace Fu, the minister for sustainability and the environment, said yesterday.