Automated parking system installed at short-term tenancy site for fee-paying public car park at Pak Shek Kok in Tai Po to commence operation tomorrow (with photos)
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This is the second APS project in an STT car park that the TD is taking forward to further increase the number of parking spaces and spatial efficiency. The tenancy with a fixed term of five years and thereafter half-yearly was awarded in December last year. The tenant has adopted four modules of a puzzle stacking system to provide 52 automated parking spaces out of a total of about 250 parking spaces in the STT site.
In addition, the tender invitation for another STT of one lot of Government land at the junction of Tung Chau Street and Yen Chow Street West, Sham Shui Po, which is designated for APS installation, has been completed. Tender assessment will be carried out, and the system is expected to commence operation in early 2024.
The TD added that the Government will examine the feasibility of adopting an APS when inviting tenders for new STT car parks or carry out re-tendering for the existing STT car parks. By drawing on the experiences from APS projects at Hoi Shing Road in Tsuen Wan and at Pak Shek Kok in Tai Po, the Government will have a better grasp of the factors affecting the feasibility of introducing an APS at different STT car parks such as financial viability, obstruction by underground utilities, and whether the sites will be taken back shortly for long-term development.
The Government will continue to take forward APS projects so as to consolidate its experience in building, operating and managing different APS types and the associated financial arrangements. This will pave the way for wider APS application in public car parks in the future.
Ends/Friday, December 30, 2022
Issued at HKT 15:55
Issued at HKT 15:55
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