Illegal parking situation not improved at Jalan Mas Puteh

Back in early August 2013, there were reports of residents of Jalan Mas Puteh in Clementi taking traffic laws into their own hands when they started clamping illegally parked vehicles, along with placing warning signs in front of their homes.

A week shy of six months since the story was covered, The Straits Times reported traffic wardens are now patrolling the area - after residents were told to stop clamping the illegally parked cars.

The residents resorted to taking traffic laws into their own hands as they, at the time, believed the road that runs in front of all eight terraced units is private property, and they are responsible for maintenance - which turned out to be untrue.

The local paper reported that with reference to records from Singapore Land Authority (SLA), the road is owned by a firm called Right Traders - which has since ceased operations. Checks with the SLA-maintained Onemap.sg website revealed the road is now classified as state land - under the jurisdiction of the Land Transport Authority (LTA).

Roger, a resident in Jalan Mas Puteh, told the English daily home owners had met West Coast GRC MP S. Iswaran and other grassroots representatives in November. Residents were told that the road was a public area, and were given two weeks to remove the signs.

Another resident, Mrs Lim, informed the English daily a traffic warden visits "almost every day", every two hours on average, and leaves at about 6:00pm.

Still, it seems, the illegal parking situation has not improved.

Roger said there have been roughly six cases of illegal parking since December, especially in the evening after the wardens have left. The culprits are believed to be customers of nearby eateries.