RTA: No parking fines in JLT for two weeks
dubai — PArkInG Is no lonGEr FrEE At JumEIrAH LAkEs TowErs (JLT) BEGInnInG on MonDAy But tHE RoADs AnD TrAnsport AutHorIty (RTA) sAID on WEDnEsDAy tHAt no pArkInG finEs wIll BE IssuED to ErrInG motorIsts For tHE nExt two wEEks.
“THE two-wEEk GrACE pErIoD Is AImED At rAIsInG puBlIC AwArEnEss ABout tHE pAID pArkInG AnD to EnsurE tHAt tHE smArt pArkInG systEm Is workInG wItHout GlItCHEs,” An RTA spokEspErson tolD Khaleej Times.
From MonDAy, pArkInG In JLT HAs Cost DH4 AnD DH10 pEr Hour For rEGulAr AnD prEmIum slots rEspECtIvEly AnD motorIsts CAn pArk At A CErtAIn spot For A mAxImum oF tHrEE Hours only. THErE ArE no rEGulAr pArkInG mEtErs In JLT. PAymEnt Is DonE only By sEnDInG SMS to 7275 or vIA tHE RTA DuBAI moBIlE App. THE RTA spokEspErson sAID motorIsts wHo ExpErIEnCE DIFfiCultIEs In pAyInG pArkInG FEE CAn ContACt tHE RTA on 8009090 or tHrouGH Its wEBsItE www.rtA.AE.
LAst montH, tHE RTA sIGnED An AGrEEmEnt wItH tHE DuBAI MultI CommoDItIEs CEntrE (DMCC), tHE DEvElopEr oF JLT, to opErAtE tHE vIsItors pArkInG In tHE ArEA.
ACCorDInG to tHE RTA, tHE first stAGE (tHIs yEAr) CovErs 1,936 pArkInG slots ClAssIfiED Into DIffErEnt zonEs As InDICAtED In tHE symBols sHown In tHE DIrECtIonAl sIGnAGE, ACCorDInG to tHE nEEDs oF tHE ArEA. ABout 460 pArkInG slots wIll BE unvEIlED In tHE sEConD stAGE ExtEnDInG up to 2020. SEvErAl pArkInG slots HAvE Also BEEn AlloCAtED For pEoplE oF DEtErmInAtIon nEAr tHE EntrAnCEs oF EACH BuIlDInG.
THErE wIll BE no sEAsonAl pArkInG pErmIts For tHIs ArEA As rEsIDEntIAl pArkInG Is provIDED. THE movE Is AImED At FrEEInG up AnD ADDInG morE pArkInG slots In JLT.
Positive effect
THErE Is Also An upsIDE to tHE nEw pArkInG FEE rEGImE. FIlIpIno ExpAt BonG MAnAlo, wHo works As A CompAny DrIvEr At A PR AGEnCy loCAtED In ClustEr O, sAID It Is EAsIEr to finD pArkInG spACE now.
If you work for at least nine hours, the cost of regular parking will be around Dh36. Plus you have to add 30 fils for every transaction you do via SMS.” Umair Ahmed, a Pakistani expat
In our building, there are three slots dedicated for premium parking. If you are running late for a meeting or don’t want to walk far, then you can take the premium parking.” Bong Manalo, a Filipino expat
“PrEvIously I HAD to wAIt For At lEAst HAlF An Hour Just to finD A pArkInG slot,” MAnAlo sAID. “GooD tHInG Is I’m usInG our CompAny moBIlE pHonE to pAy For pArkInG AnD I’vE BEEn pAyInG pArkInG sInCE MonDAy. THAnkFully, I DID not ExpErIEnCE Any proBlEms In sEnDInG SMS.
“But tHE DH10 prEmIum pArkInG I tHInk Is too muCH. In our BuIlDInG, tHErE ArE At lEAst tHrEE slots DEDICAtED For prEmIum pArkInG. IF you ArE runnInG lAtE For A mEEtInG or Don’t wAnt to wAlk FAr, tHEn you CAn tAkE tHE prEmIum pArkInG,” HE ADDED.
FAyE, An InDIAn ExpAt wHo works As offiCE mAnAGEr At A mEDIA CompAny In JLT’s ClustEr F, Also sAID oF tHE posItIvE ImpACt oF pAID pArkInG.
“Most oF our vIsItors CAn now finD pArkInG EAsIly wHErEAs BEForE tHEy HAD to quEuE For FrEE pArkInG For 30 mInutEs to onE Hour,” sHE sAID. “But oF CoursE, tHE CompromIsE Is tHAt tHEy HAvE to pAy For tHE ConvEnIEnCE.
“THE nEw pArkInG sCHEmE wIll EvEn EnCourAGE pEoplE to DItCH tHEIr CArs AnD usE puBlIC trAnsport lIkE tHE MEtro InstEAD,” sHE ADDED.
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