The Hindu 25.04.2013
A nod for additional parking lots soon
Corporation council will meet on Friday to approve facilities in 353 spots.
The Chennai Corporation council is set to permit additional parking lots for the city, soon.
Except
for eight of the 361 spots identified for potential lots by the traffic
police last year, parking facilities will soon be earmarked in the
areas, for use by motorists after the Corporation council approves the
additional parking lots on Friday.
Based on the list
prepared by the traffic police, the civic body will permit entities such
as TEXCO (Tamilnadu Ex-Servicemen’s Corporation Limited) to manage the
parking lots on congested stretches in various parts of the city. TEXCO
will share 70 percent of the revenue with the Corporation.
The
Chennai Corporation will also set up a parking management cell to
tackle the challenges faced by owners of the 26 lakh motorcycles and 6
lakh cars in the city. The parking management cell will facilitate
commissioning of additional street-parking lots in more stretches.
The
zonal officials have already submitted a list of 353 spots that will
increase the number of parking lots in their zones. TEXCO is already
managing 145 parking lots in Chennai Corporation limits.
Around
490 parking lots will be functioning across the city after the Chennai
Corporation completes the work on demarcating their usage. A number of
roads such as Harris Road, Rajaji Salai, Wallajah Road, Ramanathan
Salai, Vepery High Road and EVK Sampath Salai in Royapuram zone will
soon get new parking lots. Royapuram zone is expected to get around 120
parking lots. Anna Nagar will have more than 70 new parking lots on
roads such as Pulla Avenue, Second Avenue and Konnur High Road.
Zonals
officials from zones including Tondiarpet, Thiru-Vi-Ka Nagar, Ambattur,
Teynampet, Kodambakkam, Valasaravakkam, Alandur, Adyar and Perungudi
have submitted lists of identified spots.
The civic
body had joined hands with the traffic police last year to find a
solution to the increasing number of obstructions on roads caused by
haphazard parking. A coordination committee on traffic obstructions had
discussed emerging issues pertaining to traffic congestion last year.