Installation of Passenger Lifts to Pedestrian Overhead Bridges along Hougang Avenue 3

Debated in Parliament on 6 Feb 2023.

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Sylvia Lim questioned how the Land Transport Authority (LTA) should prioritize installing lifts at pedestrian overhead bridges (POBs), considering local demographics like senior density and specifically asked to include all non-lift POBs along Hougang Avenue 3 in the program.
Minister S Iswaran explained that LTA prioritizes lift installations based on the number of seniors and commuters with mobility challenges who would benefit and whether the lifts would provide barrier-free access to transport nodes and healthcare facilities.
The LTA retrofitted a lift at a specific POB on Hougang Avenue 3 in 2018 due to its high service to seniors and an eldercare facility, while the seven remaining POBs on the avenue are slated for future review, with four prioritized over the three in a lower-need industrial estate.

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Sylvia Lim

Ms Sylvia Lim asked the Minister for Transport regarding the prioritisation of pedestrian overhead bridges (POBs) for the installation of passenger lifts (a) whether the Land Transport Authority (LTA) should consider the demographic profile of the population in the vicinity, including the density of senior citizens and presence of senior citizen housing as relevant; and (b) whether LTA can prioritise the inclusion of the remaining non-lift POBs along Hougang Avenue 3 into its lift installation programme.

S Iswaran

To ensure that limited public funds are optimally utilised to benefit more people and those who need the facility more, the retrofitting of lifts at pedestrian overhead bridges (POBs) are prioritised based on two key considerations: first, the number of seniors and commuters with mobility challenges that will benefit from the lifts; and second, whether the lifts will facilitate barrier-free access by connecting these commuters to public transport nodes and healthcare institutions.

Based on these criteria, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) has retrofitted the POB near Block 2 of Hougang Avenue 3 with lifts in 2018, as it would serve a high number of senior residents and those visiting the eldercare facility in the vicinity. The seven remaining POBs along Hougang Avenue 3 will be included in LTA’s future reviews. Four of them will be accorded higher priority than the other three which are located within an industrial estate and would serve a low number of seniors.

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Sylvia Lim questioned how the Land Transport Authority (LTA) should prioritize installing lifts at pedestrian overhead bridges (POBs), considering local demographics like senior density and specifically asked to include all non-lift POBs along Hougang Avenue 3 in the program.
Minister S Iswaran explained that LTA prioritizes lift installations based on the number of seniors and commuters with mobility challenges who would benefit and whether the lifts would provide barrier-free access to transport nodes and healthcare facilities.
The LTA retrofitted a lift at a specific POB on Hougang Avenue 3 in 2018 due to its high service to seniors and an eldercare facility, while the seven remaining POBs on the avenue are slated for future review, with four prioritized over the three in a lower-need industrial estate.

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Installation of Passenger Lifts to Pedestrian Overhead Bridges along Hougang Avenue 3

Debated in Parliament on 6 Feb 2023.

Summary written by AI (learn more)

Sylvia Lim questioned how the Land Transport Authority (LTA) should prioritize installing lifts at pedestrian overhead bridges (POBs), considering local demographics like senior density and specifically asked to include all non-lift POBs along Hougang Avenue 3 in the program.
Minister S Iswaran explained that LTA prioritizes lift installations based on the number of seniors and commuters with mobility challenges who would benefit and whether the lifts would provide barrier-free access to transport nodes and healthcare facilities.
The LTA retrofitted a lift at a specific POB on Hougang Avenue 3 in 2018 due to its high service to seniors and an eldercare facility, while the seven remaining POBs on the avenue are slated for future review, with four prioritized over the three in a lower-need industrial estate.

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Sylvia Lim

S Iswaran

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Sylvia Lim questioned how the Land Transport Authority (LTA) should prioritize installing lifts at pedestrian overhead bridges (POBs), considering local demographics like senior density and specifically asked to include all non-lift POBs along Hougang Avenue 3 in the program.
Minister S Iswaran explained that LTA prioritizes lift installations based on the number of seniors and commuters with mobility challenges who would benefit and whether the lifts would provide barrier-free access to transport nodes and healthcare facilities.
The LTA retrofitted a lift at a specific POB on Hougang Avenue 3 in 2018 due to its high service to seniors and an eldercare facility, while the seven remaining POBs on the avenue are slated for future review, with four prioritized over the three in a lower-need industrial estate.

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Installation of Passenger Lifts to Pedestrian Overhead Bridges along Hougang Avenue 3

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Sylvia Lim

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Installation of Passenger Lifts to Pedestrian Overhead Bridges along Hougang Avenue 3

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S Iswaran

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