First MRT stations equipped with flood barriers
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With storms likely to occur more often in future, the authorities have started equipping MRT stations with flood barriers.
The first six have been retrofitted at a cost of $2.2 million, with barriers similar to those used in Hong Kong's MTR stations. Design works for another 11 stations are ongoing, said a Land Transport Authority (LTA) spokesman.
The first batch of stations - Tanjong Pagar, Orchard, Raffles Place, City Hall, Novena and Little India - were selected as they are more vulnerable to flooding, said SMRT director for media and marketing communications Alina Boey.
In its Code of Practice on surface water drainage, national water agency PUB states that the underground rapid transit system must be "stringently protected against flood risks".
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the picture... Tanjong Pagar MRT station...
There everyday evening 6pm always flood one...
Flooded with people going eastwards towards raffles place...
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tts great. so when rainy days ppl cannot take mrt.
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Really? That's the best thing engineering could come up with?
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when the floor start from the tunnel also trin system wil be retard. put barriers for show at elast people can see they got a vision issit
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Originally posted by FireIce:
tts great. so when rainy days ppl cannot take mrt.
omg, you are right.
If they put up all the barriers, commuters cannot exit or enter the mrt station.
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Originally posted by charlize:
omg, you are right.
If they put up all the barriers, commuters cannot exit or enter the mrt station.
Can still enter and exit the mrt station........... look at the height of the barrier in the photo........ high jumpers can still jump in or out of the mrt station
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What about 5 year old kids like me?
How to jump over the barriers?
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read ST newspaper yesterday...
ask mother to help loh
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Originally posted by charlize:
What about 5 year old kids like me?
How to jump over the barriers?
Baby Kangaroo will be in the pouch, Mummy Kangaroo will jump over the barrier.... then Baby Kangaroo can come out of the pouch once inside the mrt station
$10 Kangaroo jump MRT course will become very popular.
Need to train up their "yao li and jiao li"
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Originally posted by Seowlah:
Baby Kangaroo will be in the pouch, Mummy Kangaroo will jump over the barrier.... then Baby Kangaroo can come out of the pouch once inside the mrt station
What if I am not a marsupial?
Maybe I am a reptile?
Then how?
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need commando training
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what a great idea ? which stupid clown thought of it?
inside mrt, flood free..
outside mrt, flood area..
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imagine heavy rain and flooding and ppl 好�容易 made their way to the mrt station, aiyah, cannot go in. have to detour to find another entrance...............
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i hope they are smart enough to keep the flood panels up the stairs.
otherwise damn siong to carry the panels up the stairs to install it.
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not i carry wat
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Is it like resident evil, the whole place lockdown?
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in resident evil, you get eaten by zombies.
here, you drown.
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The commuters are all zombies.
Really.
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so if you dont get eaten, you drown?
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Times are bad.
Life is surreal.
