The Times of India             14.06.2013

Nashik Municipal Corporation to develop six parking zones within a year

NASHIK: The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) is planning to develop six parking zones at prime locations across the city within a year to sort out the residents' parking woes. The locations are to be finalized soon.

The civic administration is in the process of identifying spaces for the parking zones to be developed on a public private partnership (PPP) basis.

With the increasing number of vehicles in the city, parking has become a major challenge before the civic administration. Motorists face problems while parking for want of adequate spaces and end up parking vehicles illegally along the roads which often get towed by the traffic police. Illegal parking along the roads also triggers traffic snarls during peak hours.

Considering the situation, the NMC has decided to develop parking zones in the city on a PPP basis.

Municipal commissioner Sanjay Khandare said, "We are trying to sort out the problem and have started identifying spaces for the parking zones. The list of locations will be announced soon. We will adopt the PPP model to develop the parking spaces. In the first phase, we are planning to develop six parking zones at as many prime locations within a year."

Khandare, however, refused to divulge the localities, saying the NMC was still in the process of finalizing those.

According to sources, the civic body currently has around 70 to 80 parking zones as part of the pay-and-park system within its limits. Though these parking zones are being run by private firms under a contract, the NMC does not earn any revenue from them.