Chennai Corporation to find 360 new parking lots
Chennai- Traffic police of Chennai have suggested the Chennai Corporation to spot out parking places in important areas of the city to facilitate in putting an end to illegal parking.
Around 360 parking lots in 11 different zones have been chosen for the purpose.
According to sources, the corporation has planned to carry out a survey in the areas where parking lots have been proposed. 78 more parking lots is planned in Royapuram, 72 in Anna Nagar, 47 in Kodambakkam, 44 in Teynampet and 43 in Adyar. Parking lots have also been proposed in Thiru-Vi-Ka Nagar, Tondiarpet, Ambattur, Alandur, Valsaravakkam and Perungudi.
At present, Tamil Nadu Ex-Servicemen’s Corporation (Texco) has been managing 145 parking lots in the city.
Demand for parking is high in prime locations of the city than elsewhere and finding space for the new lots is challenging, said Corporation commissioner, D Karthikeyan.
Corporation officials alleged that they have been working with the traffic police to ensure smooth flow of traffic during construction of major infrastructure projects works. Meetings will be held with traffic police on the second Friday of every month.
Many projects were delayed since the traffic police did not permit, alleged the officials, while the traffic police said they cannot allow too much disruption at the same time as already there is traffic chaos in the city owing to metro work.
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