MC plans 2 more automated parking lots
Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh, authorities are planning to have two more automatic parking lots. Both in Sector 22, one at the Shastri Market and other at Kiran Cinema, inspite of its failure to successfully run the city’s first automated parking lots in Sector 17.On its upcoming meeting to be held on February 25,this issue is going to be tabled before the Finance and Contract Committee (F&CC) .
The city’s automated paid parking lots which were inaugurated by the former Mayor Subhash Chawla ; Sahib Singh and Empire Store parking lots in Sector 17, had been resorting to manual disbursal of parking slips as the automated barriers are not being put to use.
Tejinder Singh, supervisor, Sahib Singh paid parking lot, stated that the MC should first make more lanes for the entry of the vehicles so that they don’t get queued-up. “The entry of Sahib Singh parking is just opposite to the traffic light and as the automated barrier take more time to operate the vehicles gets lined-up blocking the traffic on road following which the parking slips are to be issued manually,” he stated.
A member of F&CC, SAD Councillor Malkiat Singh stated that the MC should first successfully run the two automatic parking lots in the city before further building more automatic parking lots. “The public should not be harassed and put to inconvenience,” he added.
Saurabh Joshi, BJP councillor and F&CC member, also believes that the MC should first put the system in order by ensuring that the city’s first automated parking are run efficiently. He added “The MC should hire a consultancy company that should first do a feasibility study before introducing the automatic parking system.”
Source: The Tribune, Chandigarh
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