Flexibility crucial in coastline protection plan: PUB
It is looking to adopt multi-functional solutions in land-scarce Singapore
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Workers carrying out maintenance work at the Marina Barrage dam earlier this month. The barrage not only serves as a dam for flood control but is also a source of fresh water and a recreational space for many.
PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Singapore must guard against rising sea levels and other climate uncertainties but land scarcity has also reinforced the need to be flexible and adaptive.
National water agency PUB is looking to enhance current measures and adopt multi-functional solutions - to be identified through site-specific studies - for the nation's coastlines. The first study on the city-east coast stretch began last month, with others to start in Lim Chu Kang, Sungei Kadut and around Jurong Island.
