Bedok Reservoir Park: Objectives 2

Objectives Continued

In the last post, we discussed some potential goals the management of Bedok Reservoir might want to work towards to enhance their governance of the park. In this continuation we will look at the actual goals set by the management behind the park, NParks.

NParks aims to build green infrastructure in Singapore whilst engaging the community to integrate green spaces into communal lifestyles. At the same time, they seek to increase community engagement by offering opportunities to explore various facets of nature across the different parks they manage. Lastly, they also hope to ensure the biodiversity of Singapore is conserved by adopting an urban biodiversity conservation model.

Comparing their goals to our objectives in the previous post, we can see that NParks is definitely aiming to fulfill some of the objectives by maintaining the park environment, reaching out to the community and ensuring its continued use as a community space.

Goal	Sub Goal	Stakeholders
Environment
Ensure environment conditions and assets remain suitable for the usage of future generations	Improve water quality so as to be usable for water activities	Water Sports enthusiasts, Recreational Fishing
	Ensure park environment remains in good condition	Park goers in general
Social-Economic
Improve local well being	Ensure BRP remains a source of renewable water.	Bedok Residents
	Improve social cohesion by providing a place for different parts of society to interact.	Bedok Residents
Governance
Improve governance systems	Increase management support for park improvement initiatives	Stakeholders in general
	Ensure access to park facilities remain within reach	People looking to book park facilities
	Sustainable Financial Costs	Park Goers, Tax payers.

Interestingly enough, the parks water body is actually not managed by NParks but by PUB as can be seen in the picture below. 

PUB is definitely aiming to ensure the water remains clean and renewable as there are numerous signs across the park informing users to conserve water and keep the reservoir clean.

This approach is rather interesting to me because you would expect a single organization to be managing a park. But instead its two government agencies working in tandem. I couldn’t find any information on how the balance of managing the park is split between the two but so far, it seems that PUB covers only the water bodies whilst NParks handles the rest. However, it seems water facility booking is still through NParks.

Last of all, whilst this is my personal opinion, I feel that most of the objectives above have been met. In my visit there, I can safely say the park is still in rather good condition and seems to be developing further. The reservoir was being used for water activities which in the absence of other evidence implies that the water is still fit for human recreational activities. The facility booking system was up and running when I tried making a booking and it definitely was being used for events at the moment.

Thus I would say that the management behind Bedok Reservoir Park have set objectives that are in line with both sustainability development and stakeholder needs.