Construction Cost of Covered Linkways

7 Ms Sun Xueling asked the Minister for Transport (a) what is the average cost of constructing a covered linkway per 100 metres; (b) what is the total amount spent on constructing covered linkways in the past five years; and (c) how many kilometres of covered linkways have been built in the past five years.

Mr Khaw Boon Wan: Over the past five years, the Government has spent about $330 million to construct close to 160 kilometres of covered linkways. These were funded under various programmes and schemes: the Land Transport Authority's (LTA's) Walk2Ride programme, the Housing and Development Board's (HDB's) development of public housing estates, and the Community Improvement Projects Committee (CIPC) scheme. The cost of the covered linkways averaged about $210,000 per 100 metres.