Letter To The Editor - Parking

Dear Editor,

In the September 15th issue of Tiara Times, a resident, Parker, wrote in expressing his disappointment that Management was no longer looking into the green vacant lot outside the ground for conversion into a parking lot. He stated he noticed that many of the articles sent in for preserving the green lung were by residents with units facing the green.

When Tiara Times asked for feedback from residents on their views about converting this into a parking lot, not a single resident wrote in for the idea. All emails sent in were by residents opposing the idea. Why did Parker keep mum over the issue? Why does he now gripe over this? Just because his car was broken into recently did he then write in to state his disappointment.

Most residents facing the green lung opposed the idea. And they have every right to do so, since their units would be the ones affected by this conversion. Had this taken place, these residents would be inhaling polluted air, looking out into an eyesore, disturbed by noises like the starting of engines, slamming of car doors, and glare of lights when they are trying to sleep, not to mention the prices of their units plummeting .

Just as Parker feels his car is more important than the lung being sacrificed for a parking lot, the residents facing the green lung feel their health is very important. And the right to the appreciation of their units as well. So, is one car more important than all these ? I say NO!

What Parker fails to realise is that when he bought a unit in Tiara, he was very aware that each unit came with only one parking bay. Now, tell me, where on earth can Management find the necessary land for more and more car bays since Tiara does not own any more land. That vacant lot outside does not even belong to Tiara. And, for that matter, no one as yet knows who even owns that piece of land. Do we have the funds to purchase the land? Or the funds to lease and build?

When Tiara Management Council mooted the idea of a multi storey car park on the tennis court, this never took off since residents were unwilling to fork out money to purchase a bay. Nothing comes free these days, and TMC does not have unlimited funds.

May I suggest that if Parker needs 2 parking bays, he may wish to sell his unit and purchase one in another condo which comes with 2 parking lots. After all, TMC is not obliged to find parking bays for people who need 2, 3 or more parking lots.

All for the Green Lung kept as it is.