Take a sneak peek at Singapore’s elusive ‘City in a Garden’ plan

360 km of park connectors will be built by 2020 and a 150 km round-island route is in the pipeline.

According to the Urban Redevelopment Authority's "Designing our city" publication, to complete the total quality living environment, creative strategies have been adopted to leverage on Singapore’s key assets to enhance our leisure environment.

One of them, it said, is the deliberate introduction of greenery everywhere. The result is Singapore as a City in a Garden, from streetscape and skyrise greenery to parks within 400 m of most homes.

 

 

 

"Park connectors, a novel idea using drainage space, have linked up parks to offer bigger and more extensive green spaces. 360 km of park connectors will be built by 2020 and a 150 km round-island route
is in the pipeline.Promenades, boardwalks, and bridges have also been built over the years to link up green spaces and activity nodes and provide access to waterfronts and coastlines. These efforts create new, exciting recreational options that make this city more appealing and never dull," said URA.

URA's "Desigining our city" publication can be viewed here.

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