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SINGAPORE – Converting carpark spaces for other uses in the early years of Housing Board projects could create parking shortages later, said Senior Minister of State for National Development Sun Xueling on April 7.
Speaking in Parliament, she said it is premature to consider converting parking spaces in projects where parking demand has not stabilised, adding that opportunity costs from forgone income are not a factor in such considerations.
Ms Sun was responding to Mr David Hoe (Jurong East-Bukit Batok GRC), who had asked what factors may limit the conversion of underutilised HDB multi-storey carpark (MSCP) spaces for community uses, beyond demand, potential disamenities, fire safety, exit capacity and structural loading.
Mr Hoe had also asked if these factors limit the conversion of the multi-storey carpark at Clementi Peaks, an HDB project in the Clementi ward that he oversees.
Ms Sun said that Clementi Peaks was completed less than four years ago, in July 2022.
“Parking needs have not yet fully stabilised, and it is too early to consider converting the parking spaces to other users at this juncture,” she said.
