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The Kallang River area bordering Bishan Park will be widened and converted into a meandering river to integrate with the park in 2011.

The move is all part of the PUB’s ABC Waters Programme for ‘Active, Beautiful, Clean Waters’.

Under the programme, the Kallang River will be developed and serve as an attraction where recreational and communal bonding activities can take place.

Besides transforming the Kallang River, the programme will also see the addition of a River Promenade for events and three new playgrounds.

Source : ChannelNews Asia – 2 Oct 2009

IT MAY not be the Mekong but Singapore’s first river relocation project is set to make waves at Bishan Park.

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The concrete of the Kallang drainage canal will be torn up and the waterway brought into the park as a meandering river, complete with gentle slopes and plant-covered banks.

Costing about $76 million, the flagship project is part of the Active Beautiful Clean Waters (ABC Waters) programme from Singapore’s water authority PUB, in collaboration with the National Parks Board.

The stretch of canal currently runs along the length of the park.

During its conversion into a 3km- long river, it will be worked on in sections to minimise disruption for the park’s three million annual visitors. It will be completed in 2011. Continue reading →