10 more areas with senior-friendly road safety features by early 2017: LTA
SINGAPORE: There will be 10 more Silver Zones with elderly-friendly road safety features by the first quarter of 2017, making it a total of 15 by that time, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced on Wednesday (Aug 12).
The Silver Zone programme will also expand to 35 locations by 2020, it added in its press release.
The 15 Silver Zone locations by the first quarter of 2017 are:
Bukit Merah View
Jurong West Street 52
Bedok North Street 3 / Bedok North Avenue 1 / Bedok North Avenue 2
Lengkok Bahru / Redhill Road / Jalan Tiong
Tampines Street 11
Woodlands Drive 14
Yishun Ring Road
Marine Crescent / Marine Terrace
Bedok North Street 1
Clementi Avenue 3
Hougang Avenue 5
Lorong 8 Toa Payoh / Lorong 8A Toa Payoh
Commonwealth Drive
Telok Blangah Crescent
Woodlands Avenue 1
The Silver Zone programme involves the installation of senior-friendly road safety features in residential areas with high senior populations, relatively higher accident rates involving seniors and closer proximity to senior amenities, said LTA. These features are customised according to the site, and are used to remind remind motorists to slow down and look out for pedestrians, as well as urge the elderly to be careful when crossing the road.
Two Silver Zones have already been launched: One in Bukit Merah and one in Jurong West, while Silver Zones in Bedok, Lengkok Bahru, Tampines, Woodlands and Yishun will be completed by the end of 2015, said LTA.
Parliamentary Secretary for Transport and Health Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim said that the Government has been "very encouraged by the positive feedback" for the programme.
"I am glad to update that LTA has identified new locations in areas such as Toa Payoh, Commonwealth and Clementi, and we will continue to do more to ensure our growing elderly population are safe when crossing the roads,” he added.
- CNA/av