May 1, 2008 By YIP YOKE TENG
THE Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) will be introducing the “Pay and Display” parking system and extending parking meter hours to 10.30pm in June.
This is part of the local authority's effort to create more parking spaces in the city and to address existing problems concerning parking such as illegal car jockeys in busy commercial areas.
Mayor Datuk Ab Hakim Borhan said DBKL had been conducting frequent enforcement against illegal car jockeys but the problem still persisted.
“The public parking rate is only 60 sen per hour in the city centre and 50 sen in suburbs, by extending the parking meter hours we can ensure that the facility is not abused by unlicensed car jockeys and those soliciting parking charges illegally,” he said at the weekly meet-the-Press session.
He added that there were 9,000 over metered parking bays in the city and there would be 30,000 bays in total following the implementation of “Pay and Display” system in June.
The new system would be similar to the one being used in Selangor.
He said currently seven operators were managing the metered parking system while 15 others were taking care of the off-street parking in the city’s outer areas.
On the exorbitant rates imposed by private parking operators, Hakim said the existing Private Parking Bylaw did not have control on the rates but DBKL would arrange for a meeting with the operators to discuss the matter.
“It also depends on whether the residents and motorists accept the rates.
“There would be no issue if they are comfortable with the rates they are paying,” he added.
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