Damaged water pipe in Singapore floods parts of Marine Parade

A damaged water pipe led to flooding in parts of Marine Parade, including Marine Drive and Still Road South, on Friday morning.

At around 11.40am, the water pipe was damaged during lift retrofitting works at the pedestrian overhead bridge near Block 67 Marine Drive, Marine Parade Member of Parliament (MP) Dr Tan See Leng said in a Facebook post.

This caused water to flow onto Still Road South and the surrounding HDB blocks, he added.

The Marine Parade Town Council and the Land Transport Authority (LTA) later confirmed that the common and surrounding areas at Block 66 and 67 Marine Drive had also been affected.

The town council added the flooding had affected a lift at Block 67 and the lift company has been engaged to remove water from the lift pit so that services can resume as soon as possible.

“The damaged water pipe has been isolated and repairs are ongoing. There is no disruption of water supply to nearby residential units,” said Dr Tan, who is also manpower minister.