Planning to 'hang' public parking lots in Vinh city
(Baonghean.vn) - According to the planning from 2012, Vinh city will have multi-storey parking lots, underground parking lots, especially on Quang Trung - Cao Thang route, but until now it has not been implemented.
While the public bus station in Vinh city has been improved, the implementation of parking lots is extremely difficult. According to the latest statistics of the Traffic Police Department of the Provincial Police, in the first 9 months of 2020, the whole province had over 9,082 newly registered cars, bringing the total number of cars in the province to 130,000, mainly concentrated inVinh City.
If other types of vehicles are included, Vinh City's car density is among the highest in the country. This reality puts pressure on urban infrastructure when traffic jams occur on the streets during rush hour and the traffic force is extremely exhausted.
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| Vinh City's car density is among the highest in the country. Photo: Tien Hung |
In the above context, investment in parking lots for passenger cars and small cars at commercial centers, cultural centers, and parks is almost impossible. Even now, many commercial centers or high-rise apartment buildings are recommended and required to reserve space or arrange basements for parking when being built.
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| Vinh city has increasing car density. Photo: Document |
However, for many reasons, investors try to ignore this. This causes many customers who buy apartments or rent offices to park their cars on the streets and sidewalks, occupying the space of traffic participants.
Not only that, at the headquarters of some departments and branches, due to the limited land fund and the inability to renovate according to new regulations, there is noparking space.
For example, for this reason, a number of officials, civil servants and people who come to the Department of Natural Resources and Environment and the Department of Planning and Investment to work have been "wrongly fined" many times for parking in violation of regulations. However, the fines only last for a short time and then have to be flexible because it is very difficult for people and businesses to come to do business and work.
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| Ho Tung Mau Street is often congested during rush hour. Photo: Tien Hung |
The representative of the investor building an apartment building said: The design of a house with a basement for parking is different from a normal house and if a basement is built for parking, the cost of the project will increase by 20-30%. In addition to the foundation treatment plan, it is also necessary to calculate against flooding, fire and explosion. For the above reason, although according to the plan, the Quang Trung - Cao Thang route must build an underground parking lot along the road, but up to now, there is almost only a basement for motorbikes and very little land for car parking and no investor has built a multi-storey parking lot to serve customers and exploit this service.
To solve the above situation, Vinh City should prioritize and mobilize resources to build public parking infrastructure; have strict sanctions against investors of apartment buildings and commercial centers that do not arrange internal parking; and have measures to limit private vehicles by collecting reasonable fees and parking charges.
