HDB AND URA CARPARKS (Cashcard parking)

HDB AND URA CARPARKS

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Mr Steve Chia Kiah Hong asked the Minister for National Development (a) how many Housing and Development Board and Urban Redevelopment Authority carparks have been converted to cashcard parking; (b) of these, how many are not charging entry on a per minute basis; (c) what are the reasons for these operators not charging motorists on a per minute basis; and (d) how are motorcyclists now charged, considering that they only needed to use one 65-cent coupon for the whole day regardless of area, but now they have to pay multiple 65 cents for entering different cashcard carparks.

Mr Mah Bow Tan: Cashcard parking has been implemented in 72 HDB car parks. None of URA's car parks use the cashcard parking system.

Of the 72 HDB car parks, 50 have implemented per minute charging. The remaining 22 will implement per minute charging once their cashcard system has been upgraded with the ERP feature. This is being done progressively.

One 65-cents parking coupon allows a motorcyclist to park at a particular car park for either day or night parking, but not at different car parks. With the implementation of the cashcard parking system, motorcyclists are still charged once, ie, they pay 65 cents, for either day or night parking in a particular car park. They can make multiple trips to the same car park for day or night parking without having to pay more.

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