Sungei Punggol is a river

River

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 located within the North-East Region

North-East Region, Singapore

The North-East Region of Singapore is one of the five regions in the city-state. It includes seven urban planning areas. As its name implies, it is located in the north-eastern part of Singapore.The land area is about 13,810 hectares....

 in Singapore

Singapore

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Geography

The river flows for about 7 Town and Punggol New Town

Punggol New Town

Punggol New Town is a Housing and Development Board new town in Punggol, within the North-East Region of Singapore.-Etymology:Punggol Point or Tanjong Punggol appears as Tanjong Rangon on Franklin and Jackson's 1828 map of Singapore. Punggol, also spelt as Ponggol, means "hurling sticks at the...

 in the late 1990s and early 2000s, much of the river banks along Sungei Punggol have since been reclaimed

Land reclamation

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 and the river canalised.

Future developments

To better serve the recreation

Recreation

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al needs of the residents of Sengkang New Town, a network of green connectors will be built along the banks of Sungei Punggol in future. These connectors would link the housing precincts

Precincts in Sengkang New Town

This is a list of public housing precincts in Sengkang New Town, Singapore:-Neighbourhood 1 - Rivervale:-Neighbourhood 4 :Notes Residential block Multi-storey carpark Other structures, including pavilions...

 to neighbourhood park

Park

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s, the town park and a future sports complex in the new town

New town

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. Eventually, these park connectors will also be linked to the future Coney Island Park in Punggol New Town and the existing Punggol Park

Punggol Park

Punggol Park is a park located in Hougang, in the north-eastern part of Singapore. The park is 16 hectares in size, with a 5 ha lake....

 in Hougang.

An artificial man-made floating island has been constructed in the middle of the river in the Sengkang part of the river.

Plans are underway to dam

Dam

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 up the estuary

Estuary

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 of Sungei Punggol to form a reservoir

Water reservoir

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, to be ready by 2011.

Road bridges

The road

Road

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s that span over Sungei Punggol include:

• Tampines Expressway
  Tampines Expressway
  The Tampines Expressway is a highway in the north-eastern fringe of Singapore, joining the Pan Island Expressway near Singapore Changi Airport in the east with the Central Expressway and Seletar Expressway in the north of the island.The original part of this expressway started at the end of...
  
  
• Fernvale Street and Anchorvale Street (not open to traffic yet)
• Sengkang East Avenue and Sengkang West Avenue
• Lorong Buang Kok