January 18, 2010
I am a resident in Dover Road for over 30 years and am recently
affected by the Enbloc/SERS upgrading and have to shift about 500m
from my existing home to the new ones at Blocks 28A to D at Dover
Crescent.
I do not have any outstanding summons with the HDB nor do I own
a vehicle. I love my home and the residents in the small area of
Dover are a very closely knitted bunch.
The HDB has inconvenienced and endangered residents, handicapped
and pedestrians as well as other road users by using the Handicap
Lots at Block 28C to dump sand and debris. This prevents the
handicapped residents and members of the public from using the
handicap lot. Residents in the process of moving and unloading do
not have a proper space to park their vehicles to unload.
The Loading and unloading Bay at Block 28C is fully blocked and
taken up by the HDB contractor’s Debris Container.
Next, the service road for Emergency vehicles between Block 28A
and 28B is partially blocked and used by HDB contractors to dump
debris and waste as well. The rubbish bin centre right beside the
present debris dump site is utilized. This is unsafe as it is right
beside the NTUC supermarket and the Food Court. Besides posing as a
potential danger to residents and pedestrians, it also prevents
emergency vehicles from reaching the inner blocks should there be a
need to.
This has been going on for weeks. I have sent 3 emails to
hdbcarparks, made 4 calls to the HDB Parking enforcement unit as
well as 2 calls to the Clementi Branch Office yet no one bothered
to reply me and the blockages continue to exist. I left my name,
NRIC and phone number with every call.
All this while, I have witnessed so many parking attendants in
the area issuing summons to residents who parked their vehicles
along the same service road to do their unloading. It’s obvious
that with the HDB contractors utilizing the unloading bays for
their own purposes, other residents have no choice but to park as
close to the unloading bay as possible to do their unloading.
Sadly, this also means an immediate offence and summon issued. No
grace limit is expected if one parks illegally along the service
road.
I do not even want to start with the allowance of HDB
contractors’ vehicles allowed to park overnight in the service
Roads. Too much to say all at once.
HDB has also made their official stance that all vehicles parked
along the service road for emergency vehicles will be summoned
immediately as it prevents emergency vehicles from entering if
needed. Handicapped Lots are even used to hold sand. What kind of
message is HDB sending to the residents?
HDB is acting in an arrogant and high handed manner as they have
totally ignored all my calls and emails without reverting back to
me and continue to commit offences and break the very laws they
enacted while causing inconvenience to the residents and at the
same time continue to book other residents and motorist in the
vicinity for committing the same offence as the HDB themselves.
Who am I to refer the matter to if the HDB themselves break the
laws the enacted and totally ignore my requests for them to behave
responsibly and to rectify the situation?
I asked a parking attendant why they do not issue a summons to
the HDB contractors using the handicapped lots as well as they
loading and unloading bays for their own storage and my reply was
that they are not empowered to book them.
As this is written, the booking of other vehicles continue while
the HDB contractors carry on doing as they like. It is absurd and
unreasonable to continue to book other residents for offences that
the HDB themselves are guilty of committing. This reeks of
discrimination and double standards. Who is going to fine the
HDB?
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Lou Hsiao Wuen