PUB, the national water agency said Thursday S$26 million will be spent to raise 1.4km of the low-lying stretch of Orchard Road from Orange Grove Road to Cairnhill, by 300mm.
Orchard Road experienced flash floods on June 16 after two successive bursts of intense rainfall, causing havoc to traffic in the city, damage to property and disrupting businesses there. Full story
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