CHENNAI: With the city being smothered by the ever-growing number of vehicles foraging for parking space in the roads and streets, the Greater Chennai Corporation has renewed off dusty shelves a long-waited on-street parking management system project.
The Greater Chennai Corporation has floated tenders to implement on-street parking management and guidance system in the city on Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer (DBFOT) basis, recently.
According to a corporation official, the parking management system would be implemented in all the 15 zones of the civic body. An area like T Nagar, which has a diverse mix of residential, commercial, retail, educational and entertainment development, would be given first preference.
“If the parking management system first comes up at T.Nagar, it will set a global example for the balanced use of the city,” the official added. The parking management system would use information technology to help the motorists to detect empty slot within 20 seconds.
“For this purpose, the service provider will create mobile phone applications and connect them to the central server of Greater Chennai Corporation. The fee will be collected through cashless transactions”, the official added.
It may be recalled that the civic body had earlier implemented the parking management system with help of retired army personnel.
The project, which took off initially failed due to lax enforcement. According to the new tender document, the project would be carried out at a cost of Rs 8 crores for 5 years. The civic body also allowed the potential service provider to collect parking fees on basis of duration and type of the vehicle.The parking spaces would have LED lightings to show the empty parking slots, the official said.
Earlier, the Chennai Corporation had drafted detailed project report (DPR) to implement the project. According to the DPR, 12,047 cars could be parked on roadsides. The project is now being taken up under the smart city mission.
