Channel NewsAsia 16 Mar 12;
SINGAPORE: National water agency PUB will commence work on Monday to divert a sewer pipe in Stamford Canal.
It was a measure recommended by a panel of flood experts to improve the flow capacity of the canal.
The 12-metre long, 457mm diameter sewer pipe currently cuts across the canal near Killiney Road.
PUB will construct a new sewer pipe under Orchard Road, and sewer flow will be diverted to this new pipe.
The existing sewer pipe that runs across the Stamford Canal will be removed thereafter.
The project is expected to be completed by January 2013.
PUB said the work will not affect traffic in the area as the new sewer pipe will be laid using a pipe-jacking method without excavating the road.
However, hoardings will be erected at the open green space near the junction of Orchard Road and Killiney Road to facilitate the works.
Pedestrian walkways along the hoardings will be temporarily narrowed to accommodate the construction work, but they remain passable to the public at all times.
PUB said a large proportion of the work will be carried out from 7am to 6pm, and the contractor will employ a silent piler to reduce construction noise.
PUB will also commence works in May to remove a NEWater pipe in the canal and line the canal wall with polymer coating.
The initiatives will increase the flow capacity in the Canal by an estimated 10 per cent.
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Works on Stamford Canal kick off Monday
Today Online 17 Mar 12;
SINGAPORE - To improve the flow capacity of the Stamford Canal, the PUB will divert an existing sewer pipe located inside the canal.
Work will begin on Monday to build a new sewer pipe under Orchard Road. When completed, sewer flow will be diverted to this new pipe, and the old pipe - which currently cuts across the canal near Killiney Road - will be removed.
The diversion of the existing sewage pipe from Stamford Canal was among the measures recommended by a panel of flood experts commissioned after flooding on Orchard Road in 2010.
Work is expected to be completed by next January, the PUB said in a statement released yesterday.
It said the works would not affect traffic in the area as the new sewer pipe will be laid using a pipe-jacking method that does not require the road to be excavated.
The work will largely be carried out during the day from 7am to 6pm, and the contractor will use a silent piler to reduce construction noise.
However, part of a nearby pedestrian walkway will be temporarily narrowed to accommodate the construction work but will remain passable to the public at all times.
The PUB also plans to remove a NEWater pipe in the canal and to smoothen the canal wall with a polymer lining.
A tender for these works has been called and the works are expected to commence in May.
"Together, these initiatives will increase the flow capacity in the canal by an estimated 10 per cent," the PUB said.
PUB to divert sewer pipe in Stamford Canal
Straits Times 17 Mar 12;
NATIONAL water agency PUB will start work to divert an existing sewer pipe in Stamford Canal to improve its flow capacity on Monday.
The 12m-long, 45.7cm diameter sewer pipe now cuts across the canal near Killiney Road.
The change will entail constructing a short length of sewer pipe under Orchard Road. The existing sewer pipe that runs across the Stamford Canal will then be removed, said PUB in a statement yesterday.
The works will not affect vehicular traffic in the area as the new sewer pipe will be laid using a pipe-jacking method that does not require the road to be excavated.
PUB said a large proportion of the works will be carried out during the day from 7am to 6pm.
Besides diverting this sewer pipe, PUB has also scheduled works to remove a NEWater pipe in the Canal, and to smoothen the canal wall with a polymer lining.
These will increase the flow capacity in the canal by an estimated 10 per cent, the PUB said.
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