Secretary: ‘No changes’ foreseen for monthly public parking passes

The office for the Secretary for Transport and Public Works, Raimundo do Rosário, has said that they foresee no changes to the monthly passes available at Macau’s public car parks.
In a written reply to the Times, the Secretary’s cabinet said, “currently, no change has been foreseen regarding the monthly passes for [public] car parks.”
Last month, the government told the Traffic Affairs Consultative Committee that it would be proposing the cancellation of the monthly passes scheme, which allows some residents to pay for a monthly pass guaranteeing them a parking space in one of Macau’s public car parks.
The Secretary’s cabinet said that data from the Transport Bureau (DSAT) shows that from a total of 38 public car parks, 16 are part of the monthly passes scheme. Within these 16 car parks, the bureau recorded 800 monthly passes for motorcycles (non-permanent spaces). There are 1,000 monthly passes for permanent parking spaces, and about 3,500 monthly passes for temporary parking spaces.
Recently, a group of more than 200 residents who hold monthly passes for public car parks decided to establish an association, in hopes of further discussions with the government on this issue.
Lawmaker José Pereira Coutinho, who met with the 200 monthly car park pass holders, told the Times that the government had hinted that the new policy for monthly passes would not affect those who had already acquired a monthly pass for public car parks.