New sports center, polyclinic, library and city park in Toa Payoh ready by 2030

SINGAPORE – Singapore’s drive to increase citizens’ physical activity while having access to health and wellness services will be boosted with the completion of the Toa Payoh Integrated Development by 2030.

The 12-hectare site consists of a regional sports centre, polyclinic, public library and regional urban park, and is located between Lorong 6 Toa Payoh and the Pan-Island Expressway.

The planned sports facilities include sheltered tennis, futsal and netball courts, swimming pools, indoor sports halls, a gymnasium, gymnasiums and a football stadium.

National training centers for water sports, netball and table tennis are also planned there.

A public roadshow held at the HDB Hub atrium in Toa Payoh over the weekend drew 5,000 people and residents got to see the planning of the upcoming development – a multi-agency collaboration between Sport Singapore, the Ministry of Health, the National Library Board, the National Parks Board. and National Healthcare Group Polyclinics (NHGP) – and share feedback.

Senior Minister for Finance and Transport Chee Hong Tat, who is the MP for Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC, said on Sunday that he would “like to see if there is an opportunity for us to speed it up and complete it earlier”, ahead of the meeting. 2030 back limit.

He added: “We want to create better facilities for the residents of Bishan and Toa Payoh by developing this project… It is one way we can continue to rejuvenate a mature property to ensure we improve it from time to time.”

Business owner Tham Tuck Choy, 45, has lived in Toa Payoh for the past five years and uses the existing swimming complex at least three times a week with his family.

He said: “There hasn’t been much development in Toa Payoh for a long time, so we’ve been looking for something fresh to bring to the town.”

Associate Professor Chong Phui-Nah, director of NGHP and Primary Health Care, said the Toa Payoh Polyclinic’s new location alongside the community and sports facilities makes it “well-positioned to meet the needs of residents by providing regular health assessment, from child development to elderly services such as frailty screenings and health promoting actions to promote healthy and active aging”.

Education officer Yong Eng Kiat, who has lived in Toa Payoh for four decades, said: “Places like the polyclinic are far away (from the central area of ​​Toa Payoh) but now it’s being integrated so it’s a bit like Tampiini. I’m very excited about the sheltered tennis court because from Singapore it is so hard to find tennis courts.