ST Forum
Jul 22, 2011
Unnecessary precinct upgrading
I LIVE in Bishan Street 13 where Bishan-Toa Payoh Town Council is doing the usual painting and maintenance works on the blocks in the precinct, while "upgrading" the surroundings with new facilities.
Do these new facilities benefit most residents? For example, one new facility under construction is a bridge that leads to nowhere. It serves no useful purpose other than to add a hunk of concrete on what was previously an open field.
To make matters worse, the building site seems to have turned into a fresh breeding ground for mosquitoes. Since work started, the number of mosquitoes in the vicinity has increased tremendously and this has become a neighbourhood nuisance.
When I wrote to the town council last month, it replied that checks showed there were no breeding grounds in the area.
Gwendolene Hu (Ms)