New pedestrian and cycling bridge to connect Marina Centre to Bay East Garden

Work on 'simple, elegant' structure to start in Q1 2026, with completion slated by 2029

- Esther Loi

Work on a new pedestrian and cycling bridge in Marina Bay connecting Marina Centre to the Gardens by the Bay's Bay East Garden will start in the first quarter of 2026, with completion slated by 2029.

The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) called a pre-qualification tender for the design and construction on July 17, requiring the structure to look simple, elegant and timeless, as well as have "outstanding architectural merit".

The details came after an unveiling of these plans in URA's Draft Master Plan 2025 on June 25.

According to tender documents published on government procurement portal GeBiz on July 17, the bridge will be built parallel to a section of the Benjamin Sheares Bridge linking Marina Centre to Tanjong Rhu.

The bridge will facilitate the movement of pedestrians, cyclists and people with disabilities between Marina Centre and Bay East Garden, where the future Founders' Memorial will be situated, added URA.

It said the bridge should also cater for mass events such as marathons, jogathons and walkathons.

The bridge must be able to accommodate people mover systems such as buggies, to allow visitors to shuttle conveniently between Bay East Garden and the future Bay Central Garden at Marina Centre.

The Straits Times reported in 2022 that there were no immediate plans to develop the Bay Central Garden, which will feature a 3km waterfront promenade stretching from the Singapore Flyer area to Crawford Bridge in Kampong Bugis.