Status of Lift Enhancement Programme to Help Town Councils Modernise Existing HDB Lifts

As part of the 2021 – 2025 Town Council Master Plan, we announced the Lift Enhancement Programme (“LEP”) for 337 lifts in Bukit Batok. This is a HDB programme implemented by the Town Council. The enhancements are installed to increase the lifts’ reliability, safety and performance. The pandemic, however, has impacted on the progress of LEP nationwide. I sought from the Minister for National Development a status report on the matter. My PQ and Minister Desmond Lee’s answer may be accessed below

Mr Murali Pillai: To ask the Minister for National Development (a) what is the status of the Lift Enhancement Programme (LEP) announced in 2016 to help Town Councils modernize existing HDB lifts; (b) how many cases of delays in completion of LEP owing to issues attributable to lift contractors have been reported; and © whether HDB will collate feedback from Town Councils on the performance of lift contractors engaged in LEP works to assess their suitability in HDB’s tenders for the supply and installation of new lifts.

Mr Desmond Lee: About 20,000 lifts will benefit from the Lift Enhancement Programme (LEP). These lifts are enhanced with additional features to increase their reliability, performance and safety. As at 31 May 2023, tenders have been awarded for 57% of these lifts, and works have been completed for 28% of them.

Disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have led to delays in the past three years. Town Councils are working closely with the lift contractors to catch up on the progress.

In HDB’s tenders for supply and installation of new lifts, the performance of the lift contractors is considered in the evaluation process.