More towns to have cycling paths soon

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More towns have been identified for cycling paths.

After Sembawang, the government will next complete 2.5 kilometres of cycling paths in Marina Bay by the end of this year.

The government also expects to complete cycling path networks in Pasir Ris, Taman Jurong and Changi-Simei by 2015.

Ang Mo Kio, Choa Chu Kang and Toa Payoh have also been identified as towns where cycling path networks will be implemented.

The Land Transport Master Plan 2013 has plans to build a cycling path network of about 190 kilometres in HDB towns by 2020.

The cycling connectivity between park connectors and nearby MRT stations will also be improved. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has identified three such MRT stations - Bishan, Buangkok and Yew Tee. These short links will be built by early next year.

He added that it had also come to the attention of the authorities that cyclists have difficulty carrying their bicycles up and down the stairs at overhead bridges.

To help cyclists do so, the Ministry of Transport will develop design guidelines to build bicycle wheeling ramps, which will look like a groove along the side of such stairs.

It will be tried out at an overhead bridge across Aljunied Road next year.