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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