Written Reply to Parliamentary Question on Plans for Pedestrian Overhead Bridges (POBs) Lift Installations Within Bidadari Estate

Mr Alex Yeo asked the Minister for Transport whether LTA has any plans to retrofit lifts to the Pedestrian Overhead Bridges (POBs) in the Bidadari Estate, in particular POB 53189 across Bartley Road, in light of a significant increase in the population of young families and seniors moving into the estate.

Reply by Acting Minister for Transport Jeffrey Siow: 

1.    LTA reviews the need to build lifts for existing POBs on a continual basis. The key considerations are the population of seniors in the area, proximity to key transport nodes and amenities. Bidadari is a new HDB estate, and has a mix of young families and seniors. As the population of seniors grows in Bidadari, LTA will consider the need to build lifts for POB 53189 in the next phase of lift upgrading.