SINGAPORE: Road raising work will be carried out at a 450m section of Dunearn Road as an"interim measure" to mitigate flood risks as an ongoing drainage is being completed, said national water agency PUB on Saturday .occurred along a stretch of Dunearn Road from Sime Darby Centre to Binjai Park due to intense rainfall.The rain"temporarily overwhelmed the drainage capacity at a section of Bukit Timah Canal", said PUB in the statement.
A flash flood along Dunearn Road is seen on Aug 24, 2021 in this still taken from a video circulating on social media. In 2013, a portion of Bukit Timah Canal from Sixth Avenue to Jalan Kampong Chantek was expanded. In 2019, upgrading work on the Bukit Timah First Diversion Canal was completed to enable it to convey 30 per cent more rainwater.
The flood risk for the stretch upstream from Rifle Range Road to Jalan Kampong Chantek, where Tuesday's flash flood occurred, will be similarly moderated once works over there are completed, said PUB.In its statement, PUB said that it was not always feasible to expand Singapore's drains"to cater to every extreme rain event due to land constraints".
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PUB has to do that. Failing which, properties value in Bukit Timah may drop.