The Hindu 25.10.2010
Parking meters at nine more locations
Staff Reporter
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Decision taken at all-party meet held by Corporation |
Photo: M. Vedhan
The Purasawalkam High Road is among the nine locations where parking
meters are to be installed.
CHENNAI: Chennai Corporation will soon install parking meters at nine
more locations. This was decided at an all-party meeting held on
Wednesday by the civic body.
Regulation of parking and the possibility of commissioning
underground multi-level parking lots in open space reserve lands were
also discussed. The locations chosen for the metered on-street parking
include stretches of Anna Nagar Third Avenue; Anna Nagar Second Avenue;
Purasawalkam High Road; General Patters Road; Sardar Patel Road in
Gandhi Nagar; Whites Road in Royapettah; and Shanthi Colony near
Sundaram Medical Foundation. At present, North Mada Street, Mylapore;
Pondy Bazaar in T.Nagar, and CSIR Road in Taramani have the facilities. A
car user can drop a 5-rupee coin into the meter and obtain a permit on
which the entry time and vehicle number will be printed.
The parking attendant would verify the permit to be displayed on the
dashboard. Parking fee for two hours is Rs.10 and for 3 hours Rs.15.