the southern ridges walkway

looks like the much-awaited southern ridges walk will have to wait for another two months or so. although the structures - the two main bridges over henderson road and alexandria road - are up and ready, the finishing touches are taking quite a wee bit too long to finish.

today, i went to make an unofficial check on the progress of the work at the three parks. first, i went to kent ridge where there is not much evidence of new pathways except at the nursery and work there is still unfinished. the road at which the telok blangah hill section will tie up with the kent ridge section at hortpark has been re-surfaced.

next, i went to telok blangah hill park, to the point where the highest pedestrian bridge ends. over there also, the hoardings are still up and that section remains 'hanging'. over at car park 3, which is next to mount faber service reservoir, i managed to walk along a section of the elevated walkway. where the walkway ends, there is a structure which looks like a shelter.

at mount faber end, the evacavator was still at work, levelling the earth and preparing for the paving of the path.

although the bridge over henderson road was completed at the end of 2007, the rest of the route for the southern ridges nature walk is still in the process of being laid out. i saw a sign at telok blangah hill which states that work will only end on 31 mar 2008, which means the entire route may not be open to the public until april, at the earliest.