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Number of HDB blocks eligible for lift upgrading up from 2001

Posted on 19 Oct 2009 | Comments Off on Number of HDB blocks eligible for lift upgrading up from 2001

The number of public housing blocks eligible for lift upgrading has gone up.

When the lift upgrading programme (LUP) started in 2001, 5,300 blocks did not have full lift access. Of these, 1,000 did not qualify due to the high cost of upgrading. But now, that number has dropped to 200.

Eligible blocks are those where the cost of fitting lifts on every floor, averages a maximum of S$30,000 per unit.

But due to the layout of some blocks, average costs could range from S$40,000 to over S$120,000.

That is about 40 per cent of the value of a three- to four-room flat and the Ministry of National Development said it does not make sense to have upgrading works there. Continue reading →

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15 Nee Soon South blocks in line for lift upgrade

Posted on 19 Oct 2009 | Comments Off on 15 Nee Soon South blocks in line for lift upgrade

MORE than 1,300 households in Nee Soon South may get lift landings on every floor and a facelift to their estate soon – if at least three in four residents from the selected blocks agree to it.

The households, from 15 blocks of HDB flats in Yishun Street 81, were selected for the Lift Upgrading Programme (LUP) and Neighbourhood Renewal Programme (NRP).

The two projects cost $23 million in all – $4 million for the NRP and $19million for the LUP.

Announcing the new projects yesterday, Ms Lee Bee Wah, an MP for Ang Mo Kio GRC and adviser to Nee Soon South grassroots organisations, said that more than $50million has already been spent on revamping the lifts in Nee Soon South. Continue reading →

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