DSAT: No increase in parking fees

Current parking fees won’t suffer any increase in the short term, the Transport Bureau (DSAT) department chief, Kuong Vai Cheok, stated in the last Traffic Advisory Board session, according to Portuguese language newspaper Hoje Macau. Parking fees will remain at the same level as the last increase in December 2015 (from MOP3 per hour during the daytime to MOP6 and MOP1 at night to MOP3), the DSAT head noted.
“We don’t have plans for a new fee update. [This update] will be done in four phases since we haven’t updated fees for many years and we want to get closer to the amount charged by private parking lots,” Kuong stated, according to the publication.
The DSAT head also noted that the current increase has been experiencing “positive results” since drivers can now find, on average, two more empty parking spaces per parking lot than last year, HM reported. The DSAT also revealed that the new exclusive public bus lane between Barra and Lam Mau Dock will be operational today – June 1 – with driving infractions subject to fine after June 3.