Hong Kong’s lack of parking spaces is ‘cause for concern’ and only getting worse, Director of Audit says
- Director of Audit predicts vehicles to soon outnumber parking spaces
- Government scolded for charging too little at city-run car parks
Hong Kong needs more public parking spaces and must do a better job managing its existing car lots and parking facilities, the city’s chief auditor said on Wednesday.
The Director of Audit’s twice yearly report found that Hong Kong’s ratio of public parking spaces to private cars dropped from 1 to 1.5 in 2006 to 1 to 1.1 in 2018.
“The decreasing ratio reveals a shortfall of private vehicle parking spaces that has become a cause for concern,” the report said.
The Director of Audit report is a twice-yearly assessment of government-funded projects. The audit, which is overseen by the Audit Commission, does not notify in advance what projects and government departments will be scrutinised.
At the end of 2018, according to the report, Hong Kong had 756,909 parking spaces, of which 238,320 were for public use. The number of all licensed vehicles was 744,191, including private, government and business vehicles.