Heritage roads in Singapore
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The Heritage Roads scheme was implemented in 2001 by the Singapore
government to identify and protect roads whereby there are lush road-side trees, often so dense that they create "green walls" and even "green tunnels". Concerns that rapid urban development will result in the removal of these trees especially due to the widening or realignment of these roads, the authorities identified 5 roads from a list of 55 suggested by the National Parks Board
. The remaining roads were placed on a watchlist to be closely monitored, and may be added to the scheme later.
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
government to identify and protect roads whereby there are lush road-side trees, often so dense that they create "green walls" and even "green tunnels". Concerns that rapid urban development will result in the removal of these trees especially due to the widening or realignment of these roads, the authorities identified 5 roads from a list of 55 suggested by the National Parks Board
National Parks Board
The National Parks Board is a statutory board of the Singapore Government.The National Parks Board is responsible for providing and enhancing the greenery of Singapore. NParks manages around 300 parks, the park connector network and the roadside greenery in Singapore...
. The remaining roads were placed on a watchlist to be closely monitored, and may be added to the scheme later.
List of heritage roads
- Arcadia Road
- Lim Chu Kang Road
- Mandai RoadMandai RoadMandai Road is a heritage road located in Mandai in the northern area of Singapore. The road starts from Woodlands Road and ends at Upper Thomson Road. The road was built in 1855 in a jungle and appeared in the Franklin & Jackson Plan of Singapore as a river known as R. Mandi...
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- South Buona Vista Road
Roads on watchlist include
- Goodwood Hill
- Lornie Road
- Loyang Avenue
- Nassim Road
- Punggol Road
- Redhill Close
- Upper Thomson Road
- Yishun Avenue 5
- Yuan Ching Road