SPECIAL SEASON PARKING FOR SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS

SPECIAL SEASON PARKING FOR SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS

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49.

Mr Teo Siong Seng asked the Minister for National Development whether his Ministry will consider issuing special season parking tickets to school bus drivers to allow them to park their company buses in their respective HDB estates from 9.00 am to 4.30 pm on weekdays.

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Mr Mah Bow Tan: In general, HDB car parks are provided for residents to park their private cars. They are not meant for the parking of heavy commercial vehicles. This is in view of public safety reasons. In the case of commercial vehicles, including school buses with unladen weight exceeding 1,800 kg, there are designated heavy vehicle parks, mainly located at the fringes of housing estates and in industrial estates.

For smaller commercial vehicles like school buses that are able to fit within a passenger car park lot, we have made an exception and they can be parked in HDB car parks subject to the prevailing parking charges. These smaller school buses can also take advantage of the "Day Season Parking Scheme" that allows parking in HDB car parks from 7.30 am to 6.00 pm, subject to the availability of lots.

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