The grace period for short-term parking in all Housing & Development Board (HDB) and the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) car parks with the Electronic Parking System (EPS) will be extended from 10 to 20 minutes.
This was announced by HDB and URA on April 17 and will take immediate effect until May 31, 2020.
Currently, motorists are given a grace period of 10 minutes at HDB and URA’s EPS car parks.
Motorists who exit the car parks within the grace period will not be charged parking fees.
This extension is put in place due to the implementation of an elevated set of safe distancing measures on April 7.
As a result, more Singapore residents have turned to online services for food, groceries, and other essential goods as they stay at home.
Consequently, demand for delivery services has increased and a longer grace period will facilitate the increased volume of deliveries.
The extra 10 minutes grace period will give sufficient time for motorists, especially those providing delivery services, to park their vehicles and deliver their goods.
Motorists who park their vehicles beyond the grace period will continue to pay parking fees for the full duration, including the first 20 minutes, when they exit the car parks.
HDB and URA also said they seek motorists’ cooperation to carry out their activities speedily and not to linger at any location longer than necessary, in view of the safe distancing measures.