Singapore's making good on its promise to be a city in a garden. Just yesterday, National Development Minister Mr. Desmond Lee announced a new park network coming to the Labrador and Alexandra areas. It will encompass four new parks and an additional 30km of nature trails and park connectors.
Coming up to a whopping 200ha of green spaces, the new Labrador Nature Park Network will be at least 1.5 times the size of Bukit Timah Nature Reserve.
Four new parks from 2024
The first park to be ready is a 0.4ha park at King's Dock, which will be completed by 2024. Following in 2025 is the 2ha Alexandra Nature Park, with a 500m trail set in a natural forest valley.
Down the line is the 6.5ha Berlayer Creek Nature Park, which will include the existing Berlayer Creek and a 30m wide extension just beside the future housing development taking over Keppel Club. The last park will be integrated into this housing development – the 7ha green haven will have four green corridors running around its perimeter and in between housing blocks.
30km of nature trails and park connectors
An ecological profiling exercise conducted by the Ministry of National Development identified several important ecological corridors connecting Labrador Nature Reserve and the Southern Ridges. The new park network, consisting of an extra 30km of trails and connectors, will strengthen these corridors by providing important buffers for nature reserves and links to connect wildlife habits.
The coastal hill and coastal beach forest at Labrador Nature Reserve will also receive further works to restore and enhance the existing habitat.
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