SINGAPORE : Visitors and residents at Holland Village now have
more parking lots to park their vehicles.
A car park deck has been built on top of an existing open air car
park in front of Block 12, Holland Avenue.
The shortage of parking lots in Holland Village has led to a lot of
indiscriminate parking in the area; more so since two carparks were
closed last October to make way for the Circle Line.
Some 116 car park lots were taken away, so it is hoped that the new
car park deck will help ease the problem.
The S$2 million addition can take 89 vehicles, with another 28
parking lots added to the existing deck.
There are already more than 300 parking lots in two public carparks
nearby.
It is hoped the additional lots will help solve the problem of car
park woes at Holland Village to some extent.
Said Lim Swee Say, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office and MP
for Holand-Bukit Panjang GRC, "On the whole I expect the car
parking issue to be a constant challenge because as long as Holland
Villange continues to be successful, which I believe it will be,
traffic will continue to be increased. And given the limited space,
I hope everyone of us will cooperate with each other."
P Sripathy, project director (Circle Line 4 and 5), Land Transport
Authority, said, "No doubt there are other carparks. These are
ample enough for patrons to park but it's a bit of a walking
distance from the centre so this project is helpful to the
businesses as well as residents."
And visitors have already found it easier to get a parking
spot.
"I think it's a fantastic idea. It's a pity they didn't put another
floor on top," said one person.
And it is hoped that when the Circle Line is finally completed, car
park woes at Holland Village will disappear altogether when
visitors can take the MRT instead. - CNA /ct
Does it really worth 2 million?