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8 INTEGRATION OF ADJACENT WATERCOURSES WITH DEVELOPMENTS AND ABC WATERS DESIGN FEATURES WITHIN DEVELOPMENTS 8.1 Integration of Adjacent Watercourses with Developments 8.1.1 As part of the Active, Beautiful, Clean Waters (ABC Waters)
Programme, integration of adjacent watercourses with proposed developments is encouraged, whilst satisfying the engineering requirements for drainage functions without posing any public safety, maintenance or environmental problems.
These include, but are not limited to a) Enhancing the accessibility or connectivity to waterbodies/waterways, eg. creating community spaces for adjacent to watercourses and providing boardwalks to bring people closer to water, etc b) Providing aesthetic treatment to waterways, eg. use of a more natural finish such as block pitching
or imprints on canal walls, planting along the canal walls, etc c) Installing ABC Waters Design features to detain and treat storm water runoff closer to the source (see Clause 8.2 for further details.
8.1.2 The designs of the aesthetic waterbodies, waterways and safety barriers need not be constrained by the standard features as shown in this Code of Practice as long as these facilities fulfill the drainage requirements and do not
give rise to any public safety, maintenance or environmental problems.
8.1.3
The approval of the competent planning authorities shall also besought for all such proposals. Where appropriate, the aesthetic waterbodies and watercourses shall be integrated into the development proposals and be maintained by the developers/owners of these developments.
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