Finally, AMC spells out ABC of on-road parking

  • | Thursday | 16th August, 2018

However, parking at the parking plot near Keshav Baug will be Rs 18 for two hours. The other roads which are not so busy, but still have some business or residential buildings will be in ‘B’ category. It will be up to Rs 15 per hour for ‘B’ category roads, and up to Rs 10 per hour for ‘C’ category roads.Bhatt said big roads which are business hubs or have more visitors will be graded as ‘A’ category roads. AHMEDABAD: The standing committee of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) decided on Thursday to make on-road parking free for two-wheelers and autorickshaws, and to charge parking fee for cars according to the category of roads — A, B or C.AMC officials believe the move will encourage people to use two-wheelers more, thus reducing use of four-wheelers and accompanying congestion on city roads.Chairman of the AMC standing committee, Amul Bhatt, said car parking charges on ‘A’ category roads will be up to Rs 20 for an hour. The remaining roads in the city will be ‘C’ category roads.Bhatt said that as decided earlier and even in the case of CG Road, the corporation has decided to charge high for parking in business areas of the city.On categorizing the roads, a senior officer of AMC said that for example the road connecting Iscon to Nehrunagar or from Prahladnagar to Shyamal, which have lot of shopping malls and offices will fall in ‘A’ category road and parking for two hours along this stretch will be Rs 40 that is Rs 20 per hour.

AHMEDABAD: The standing committee of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) decided on Thursday to make on-road parking free for two-wheelers and autorickshaws, and to charge parking fee for cars according to the category of roads — A, B or C.AMC officials believe the move will encourage people to use two-wheelers more, thus reducing use of four-wheelers and accompanying congestion on city roads.Chairman of the AMC standing committee, Amul Bhatt, said car parking charges on ‘A’ category roads will be up to Rs 20 for an hour. It will be up to Rs 15 per hour for ‘B’ category roads, and up to Rs 10 per hour for ‘C’ category roads.Bhatt said big roads which are business hubs or have more visitors will be graded as ‘A’ category roads. The other roads which are not so busy, but still have some business or residential buildings will be in ‘B’ category. The remaining roads in the city will be ‘C’ category roads.Bhatt said that as decided earlier and even in the case of CG Road, the corporation has decided to charge high for parking in business areas of the city.On categorizing the roads, a senior officer of AMC said that for example the road connecting Iscon to Nehrunagar or from Prahladnagar to Shyamal, which have lot of shopping malls and offices will fall in ‘A’ category road and parking for two hours along this stretch will be Rs 40 that is Rs 20 per hour. However, parking at the parking plot near Keshav Baug will be Rs 18 for two hours.

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