SINGAPORE — From next month, the public can report all parking offences through a common hotline — 1800 338 6622 — in a move to improve response to feedback and the effectiveness of enforcement.

This means that they will no longer need to contact the Land Transport Authority (LTA), Housing and Development Board (HDB), and Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) separately to report such offences.

On Thursday (July 27), the three agencies also announced that they will appoint Certis CISCO as a common service provider to carry out enforcement against parking offences at public roads, as well as in HDB and URA car parks currently not equipped with the Electronic Parking System (EPS). In car parks equipped with EPS, the EPS service providers will continue to enforce against offenders.

For "easy identification", the Certis CISCO parking wardens will be donning a new uniform — dri-fit polo shirts and cargo pants.

Currently, LTA, HDB and URA outsource the enforcement of parking offences to different service providers.

Pointing out that these initiatives mark the first time they have attempted pooling their enforcement efforts, the agencies said the benefits of closer coordination are aplenty.

Not only will they be able to "better respond" to public feedback on parking-related issues, but the parking wardens will also be deployed "more efficiently as they can carry out patrol and enforcement duties across public roads as well as HDB and URA car parks", they said.

"This will contribute towards more effective enforcement to deter parking offences that cause inconvenience and disamenities to the public."

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