RESIDENTIAL MARKET HDB details plans for three new housing districts The Housing and Development Board (HDB) on Tuesday unveiled detailed plans for the first housing projects in Bidadari and Tampines North, as well as for Punggol Northshore - one of seven new waterfront housing districts in Punggol. Punggols Northshore District will be the next one to be developed after the Matilda District. It will offer about 6,000 new flats, with the first project slated to be launched in 2015. New technologies will be employed to make the district smart and sustainable. In fact, Northshore will be the first district to test-bed smart technologies in public housing. It will feature intelligent car parks (which automatically increase the number of available lots during non-peak hours for visitors, as residents with season parking tickets are out in the day), smart lighting (lighting with sensors which will be reduced in common areas with little or no human traffic detected), and smart waste management (whose sensors will monitor waste disposal patterns before the data is analysed to optimise the deployment of resources needed for waste collection). The smart waste management system will also be set up in the first housing precincts in Bidadari and Tampines North. The Northshore District will also have varied building heights to capitalise on the sea views and a seafront commercial centre. Its blocks will also be installed with solar ready roofs. HDBs first public housing project in Bidadari will be in the Alkaff neighbourhood, and will be launched in 2015. It will feature community malls, garden courtyards, a verandah for recreational and community events, roof gardens and community terraces atop the multi-storey car parks and selected residential blocks. As for Tampines North, the Park West District will be the first to be developed, comprising 1,500 flats. It will be launched in November this year. In fact, the four housing districts in Tampines North will be designed around a leaf concept, like an extension or green shoot of Tampines Town, each with its own comprehensive network of green spaces, HDB said. Source: Business Times – 10 September 2014
Posted on: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 08:27:54 +0000