Punggol Reccee
Rocky
Zone
Sandy
Zone
B
A
Car park
Bus 82
Access Road
ON SITE RECCEE:
Punggol beach comprises of two zone: a rocky zone on the left side of the
jetty and a white sandy beach both on the right side of the jetty and a quarter
of the left side of jetty. There are long walls at the edge of the entire beach,
with footpath and stairs to the beach.
The rocky zone is a beach with a lot of rocks strewn on the entire zone. The
trash load ranges from very low to medium along the entire zone mostly
around the rocks near the wall and near the water line. Thus it is very difficult
to estimate the number of participant needed. I would give a rough estimate of
10 classes of 50 in that zone alone. The zone is unsuitable for primary school
students as there are times they would need to step on the rocks to reach
their site and it could be a potential hazard.
The sandy zone is beach with very fine sand. The trash load ranges from very
low to low. It is very easy to clean even though it is a very large area. 7-8
classes of 50 could handle the place in an hour’s time. It is very suitable for
primary school.
The only way to access the place is Punggol Road. The car park could only
allow 40-seater buses to deposit or pick-up the participants but there is no
place for them to park. They could wait at Twenty-fourth Avenue, as traffic
there is not heavy. Those coming by public transport should take MRT to
Punggol Station and board Bus 82 right to the terminal at Punggol Jetty. A
journey from Clementi could take an hour.
The jetty is the most obvious landmark in the area. There are two empty plots
of field both on the right and left of the car park. Personally, I would prefer the
left plot indicated blue for meeting point as it is more accessible from the car
park and there are more work that could be done on the left side of the jetty.
However Punggol’s trash point is on the right side of the jetty, indicated by the
black dot.
The organizer would have to set up a tent, as there is no overhead shelter at
the location unless Punggol Point Holiday Camp allows us to set up shop
there. Punggol Point Holiday Camp can also serve as a rain shelter. It is the
most logical place as a meeting point if we are only going to concentrate on
the left beach. Moreover we could alight and pickup participants there at
Twenty-Fourth Avenue and avoid the main traffic on Punggol Road but we
would need to confirm its access road as I did not reccee Twenty-Fourth
Avenue. There is construction in Punggol and roads are likely to change.