City Parking reverses $1 per entry system
CITY Parking Pvt Ltd has with immediate effect reversed its $1 per entry billing and reverted back to per hour billing after protests from disgruntled motorists.
The on-street parking, was introduced in July 2010 and at the time motorists were charged $1 per hour before the company introduced the $1 per entry billing in designated areas within the CBD in August this year.
Motorists were forced to pay $1 for an hourly ticket per entry per bay and the ticket would expire the moment the car left the bay, even if it had been parked in the bay for a few minutes.
When one moves to another bay before expiry of the one hour, he or she was forced to pay another dollar or risk having the car clamped.
When the new system was implemented, motorists cried foul, saying it was causing confusion and ripping them off.
In a statement yesterday, the company’s public relations manager, Mr Francis Mandaza, said they had taken into account their customer’s concerns and had rectified the situation.
“Please note that we have rescinded our previous decision to bill per entry in selected streets in Harare’s CBD effective December 11, 2017,” he said.
“This decision was inspired by constructive and progressive feedback from our valued customers. Our customers are the life blood of our organisation and indeed an important stakeholder.
“Therefore, from today (yesterday), valid tickets are transferable from one parking bay to the other anywhere you park in the CBD.”
Mr Mandaza said the 50 cents tickets produced in peripheral CBD streets are not transferable to $1 per hour zones.
Responding to questions during the Press conference, Mr Mandaza said they introduced the $1 per entry billing in a bid to curb congestion in the CBD.
He said they were looking into other measures to ensure that traffic flow was reduced in the CBD.
Mr Mandaza said plans were also under way to install parking censors in all the streets in the CBD to avoid revenue leakages. He could not disclose how much they were collecting monthly.