Here’s some good news for Lagosians: Your parking woes may be over soon!
The Lagos State Government has plans to
implement a state wide parking policy aimed at cultivating a disciplined
parking culture, and ensuring a seamless flow of traffic in the state, Vanguard reports.
The new policy will target places such
as event centres, hotels, restaurants, mosques, residential
areas, churches, central business districts, inner streets, and other
soon-to-be-revealed places.
The government is set to make the
policy sustainable through development of pertinent infrastructure (they
are in the process constructing on-street and off-street, multi floor
parking lots), and strict enforcement of the policy via officials
appointed by the Ministry of Transportation.
Fines will be imposed for violating the policy including parking:
- On road medians (paved or grass)
- In sections designated for public transport, ambulance, fire service, and people with disabilities
- Against the directional flow of traffic
- Within three metres of a fire hydrant
- Parking of commercial vehicles on unregulated streets
- Fines will also be imposed for repairing/modifying of motor vehicles while parked in public parking spaces, alleys, or streets
The new parking policy is set to curb
numerous problems, including extortion of illegal parking fees by “area
boys,” road congestion, and accidents caused by haphazardly parked cars.
Photo Credit: Reuters
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