Installation of Lifts at Overhead Bridges in Fernvale for Benefit of Seniors and Families with Young Children

76 Mr Gan Thiam Poh asked the Minister for Transport whether LTA will consider installing lifts at overhead bridges in Fernvale for the benefit of seniors and families with young children.

Mr Chee Hong Tat: Since 2018, all new pedestrian overhead bridges (POBs) are installed with lifts to provide barrier-free access. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has also been retrofitting some POBs built before 2018 with lifts. We have focused on POBs near Mass Rapid Transit stations, bus interchanges and healthcare institutions, such as hospitals and polyclinics. These POBs experience higher footfall and serve more seniors. Priority is also being given to POBs without nearby street-level or alternative barrier-free pedestrian crossings.

In Fernvale, LTA has included the POB along Sengkang West Way near Blk 469B under its lift retrofitting programme. LTA will continue to assess other POBs in Fernvale for lift retrofitting.