LTA has called for tenders to retrofit 17 existing overhead bridges with lifts

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What with Singapore’s rapidly ageing population woes, you could say it was a long time coming – lifts at overhead pedestrian bridges.

TODAY reported that the Land Transport Authority (LTA) yesterday called for tenders to retrofit 17 existing overhead bridges with lifts. These are the first in a total of 40 bridges to receive the upgrade. Expect them to be ready by 2016; the rest will be built afterwards.

Here’s where the lifts will be installed:

1. Woodlands Avenue 3 near Marsiling MRT Station
2. Woodlands Avenue 7 near Admiralty MRT Station
3. Boon Lay Way near Lakeside MRT Station
4. Boon Lay Way near Boon Lay MRT Station
5. New Bridge Road / Eu Tong Sen Street
6. Serangoon Central / NEX Shopping Mall
7. Selegie Road / PoMo
8. Potong Pasir near Potong Pasir MRT Station
9. Paya Lebar Road near ITE MacPherson
10. PIE (Jalan Kolam Ayer) / Kallang Basin Swimming Complex near Geylang Bahru DTL3 MRT Station
11. Holland Road near Holland Village MRT Station
12. Queensway / Stirling Road
13. Kampong Bahru Road / Blair Road
14. North Buona Vista Road
15. Blk 940, Tampines Avenue 5
16. North Bridge Road / Crawford Street
17. Geylang East Central / Geylang Polyclinic