360km of trails by 2030 Four new recreational routes were announced at the debate on the Ministry of National Development’s budget, adding to four others previously announced. Together, the eight routes will span a distance more than seven times Singapore’s length when completed. Here is an overview of the trails:
ISLANDWIDE RECREATIONAL ROUTES NEW NEW NEW COAST-TO-COAST Sungei CENTRAL Khatib Bongsu COAST-TO-COAST EASTERN NORTHERN TRAIL Buloh CORRIDOR Nature Park CENTRAL TRAIL CORRIDOR Length: 25km Wetland Length: 34km Length: 36km Length: 18km Opens in phases from Reserve Links Woodlands Completed. It was Opens in the fourth 2026, and links Sungei to city centre. formerly named the quarter of 2021, and links Buloh to Khatib Bongsu. Coast-to-Coast Trail. East Coast to Pasir Ris via Bedok Reservoir Park. ROUND-ISLAND Coney ROUTE Island Kranji Length: 150km Reservoir Opens progressively Upper Seletar Pasir Ris Changi Beach Park from 2021, starting with Reservoir a 60km stretch linking Park Gardens by the Bay, East Coast Park and Upper Lower Rower’s Bay at Lower Peirce Peirce Seletar Reservoir Park. Reservoir Reservoir Bedok MacRitchie Reservoir Reservoir Jurong Lake Park Gardens
Singapore Botanic Gardens East Coast Park NEW COAST-TO-COAST RAIL BUKIT TIMAH-ROCHOR SOUTHERN TRAIL CORRIDOR GREEN CORRIDOR Length: 62km Length: 24km Length: 11km Opens in phases from 2025, and By end-2021, Kranji MRT Opens progressively from 2025, links Tuas to Changi Beach via station will be connected starting with a 1.4km stretch from Singapore Botanic Gardens. to Spooner Road. Ri e Range Road to Elm Avenue.
CAMBRIDGE ROAD PARK (SIZE: 0.5ha) TEACHERS’ ESTATE NATURE PARK (SIZE: 7.6ha)
T LENTOR AVENUE H AY O W M S OWEN ROAD S RANGOON ROAD S E O R NORFOLK ROAD XP N E KENT ROAD ANG MO KIO R AL TESSENSOHN Lentor station O R A T AVENUE 6 N D E CARLISLE ROAD ROAD (under construction) C CAMBRIDGE ROAD U TAGORE DRIVE PP TAGORE LANE ER TRURO ROAD TH 9 KENG LEE ROAD OM AVENUE S O KIO DORSET ROAD O G M N AN R D Farrer Park O A A O D R ANG MO KIO station G N STREET 61 KG JAVA ROAD Thomson KA GLOUCESTER CHU ANG MO KIO Nature Park YIO HERTFORD ROAD ROAD AVENUE 4
Sources: MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, NPARKS PHOTO: NATIONAL PARKS BOARD STRAITS TIMES GRAPHICS