Determining Allotment of Red Seasoned Parking Lots in Multi-storey Car Parks
Ministry of National DevelopmentSpeakers
Summary
This question concerns the policy for designating purely red season parking lots in multi-storey car parks, as raised by Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong. Minister for National Development Desmond Lee stated that HDB allocates these lots based on factors such as dwelling units, parking demand, and car park layout. Red lots are implemented only when there is sustained high demand for both season and visitor parking to ensure residents have priority access. Currently, 70% of car parks manage demand using bi-coloured lots, which are reserved for residents during specific evening and weekend hours. HDB monitors utilisation rates to maintain an appropriate balance between the parking needs of residents and the capacity required for short-term visitors.
Transcript
50 Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong asked the Minister for National Development what is the policy guiding HDB's decision-making on (i) whether to have purely red season parking lots in a particular multi-storey carpark (MSCP) and (ii) the number of lots or decks of purely red parking lots to be allocated in a particular MSCP.
Mr Desmond Lee: The Housing & Development Board (HDB) parking lots are provided primarily to serve the parking needs of residents. In deriving the number of parking lots in HDB estates, HDB considers factors, such as the number of dwelling units, flat types and parking demand.
Parking utilisation rates vary across car parks as these depend on residents' and visitors' parking patterns. In circumstances where there is sustained high demand for both season and visitor parking, HDB will assess the need to designate some lots as red parking lots for season parking holders only. The number and placement of these red parking lots in the car park depends on the utilisation rate, car park size and layout.
About 70% of the HDB multi-storey car parks do not require red parking lots as there are sufficient white parking lots to meet the demand for visitor parking, as well as bi-coloured parking lots that are generally reserved for season parking holders from 7.00 pm to 7.00 am, Mondays to Saturdays; and whole day on Sundays and public holidays. HDB monitors the utilisation rate of HDB car parks to ensure that there is a good balance between providing season parking lots for residents and having sufficient capacity for visitor parking.