- Sungei Punggol
Sungei Punggol (Malay for Punggol River; Chinese: 榜鵝河;
Pinyin : Bǎng'é Hé) is ariver located within the North-East Region inSingapore .Geography
The river flows for about 4 kilometres from
Yio Chu Kang Road to its mouth withStraits of Johor atPunggol . Sungei Punggol begins as acanal known asSungei Tongkang inSerangoon New Town before reaching Yio Chu Kang Road, after which the river flows throughBuangkok inHougang ,Sengkang and betweenSeletar and Punggol. Sungei Punggol separates the neighbourhoods ofAnchorvale andFernvale inSengkang New Town .Sungei Punggol used to be lined with
mangrove vegetation along its banks. With the development of theHousing and Development Board residential towns of Sengkang New Town andPunggol New Town in the late 1990s and early 2000s, much of the river banks along Sungei Punggol have since been reclaimed and the river canalised.Future developments
To better serve the
recreation al needs of the residents of Sengkang New Town, a network of green connectors will be built along the banks of Sungei Punggol in future. These connectors would link the housing precincts to neighbourhoodpark s, the town park and a futuresports complex in thenew town . Eventually, these park connectors will also be linked to the future Coney Island Park in Punggol New Town and the existingPunggol Park in Hougang.Plans are underway to
dam up theestuary of Sungei Punggol to form a reservoir, to be ready by 2009. [cite news|url=http://www.pub.gov.sg/annualreport2004/Flow_watering_whole.html|title=Two new reservoirs and a linking system|accessdate=2006-11-14|publisher=Public Utilities Board ]Road bridges
The
road s that span over Sungei Punggol include:
*Tampines Expressway
*Fernvale Street andAnchorvale Street (not open to traffic yet)
*Sengkang East Avenue andSengkang West Avenue
*Lorong Buang Kok ee also
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Sungei Serangoon Notes and references
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