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Tue 02 Nov 2010

A "Grand Spine for the Park Connector System" - NSS' proposal for KTM Railway land

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Nature Society (Singapore) submitted a proposal to retain the current KTM Railway as a green corridor to several government agencies on 21 Oct 2010. From the foreword by Geh Min,

"This proposal for the KTM Railway should not be viewed as a barrier to development. After all, the railway has been a symbol of progress in the past and should continue to be so. Rather, we feel that by exploring more creative, sensitive and inclusive ways to utilize the railway and its land we would be enhancing rather than reducing its value."

"... the estimated length of the Railway Land is 40 kilometres... If the Railway Land were converted into a Green Corridor, it could lend the now dispersed and disconnected Park Connector System a Grand Spine."

Links:

• "The Green Corridor: A Proposal to Keep the Railway Lands as a Continous Green Corridor" - Nature Society (Singapore), 21 Oct 2010.
• "Why We Should Have The Green Corridor," by Eugene Tay. Asia Is Green, 31 Oct 2010.
• "A green track to a talent haven," by Richard Hartung. Today Online, 20 Oct 2010. WS link
• "'Nature corridor' proposal for railway land," by Jeremy Au Yong. The Straits Times, 09 Oct 2010. Nature Society's idea incorporates cycling paths, recreational areas.
• "Malaysian Railway land - a north-south bikeway and nature corridor in the making," Cycling in Singapore, 03 Jun 2010. Letters by Tom Keeble and Wayne Mitchell to the Straits Times Forum page, 03 Jun 2010.
• "Singapore-Malaysia cross-border transport agreement and opportunities," by Paul Barter. Reinventing Urban Transport, 31 May 2010.

Thanks to WildSingapore, Eugene Tay and Paul Barter for various alerts.

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