Nghe An stops collecting parking fees on Cao Thang Street

(Baonghean.vn) -Recently, Vinh City residents have reported that Cao Thang Street, in front of Vinh Market, has been painted with lines to accommodate cars parking in the middle of the street.

Since the appearance of the parking lines, 1/3 of the road has been turned into a car parking lot. Vehicles that need to stop here must buy a parking ticket at the price of 15,000 VND/vehicle. The person selling the ticket and collecting the money claims to be from the Vinh Market Management Board.

Parking lot overload, parking in the middle of Cao Thang street is considered the "optimal solution" of Vinh Market Management Board.

Mr. To Thanh Nhan - Head of Vinh Market Management Board admitted that drawing parking signs on Cao Thang Street as well as collecting fees is the policy of Vinh Market Management Board, receiving the consensus of business people at Vinh Market.

The reason is that Vinh Market attracts a large number of traders and customers to visit and shop, but the basement parking lot has a capacity of only 45 cars. On normal days and especially on holidays, the parking lots are overloaded. To meet the increasing demand of people for parking spaces, the Management Board has submitted a document asking for the opinion of the City People's Committee to paint parking lines on Hong Son and Cao Thang streets.

After receiving the Market Management Board's report on painting parking lines on Hong Son and Cao Thang streets, on January 20, 2016, the City People's Committee issued Document No. 270/UBND-QLDT assigning the Urban Management Department to coordinate with Vinh Urban Infrastructure Development and Management Joint Stock Company and Vinh Market Management Board to survey and plan to paint parking lines on Hong Son and Cao Thang streets to serve the Lunar New Year of Binh Than.

However, during the implementation process, some limitations were still revealed. To promptly rectify, on March 8, 2016, Vinh City People's Committee issued Official Letter No. 853/UBND-KT strictly prohibiting the collection of fees from street vendors, on sidewalks, roadsides, and parking lots on Hong Son and Cao Thang streets. Vinh Market Management Board, relevant departments, agencies, and units proactively coordinated with Hong Son Ward People's Committee, Vinh City Police, the city's urban order management department, and the city's urban order management team to strengthen inspection and handling of violations to ensure urban order and traffic safety on the roads surrounding Vinh Market.

Cars are parked along the line in front of Vinh market. Photo taken on March 14, 2016.

On March 14, according to the reporter's investigation, there is no longer a fee for parking on Cao Thang Street, however, cars are still allowed to park in long lines in front of the market according to the painted lines.

After implementing the decision of Vinh City People's Committee to stop collecting this fee, the representative of the city's urban management department as well as Vinh Market Management Board both said that the policy of arranging the drawing is reasonable because Cao Thang Street has special characteristics, meeting the requirements of open roads and sidewalks, 2 convenient entrances and exits for people to pass through.

Thu Huyen