Paid parking throughout Pavilion on the cards
The Pavilion will no longer have free parking available.
The Pavilion Shopping Centre is implementing paid parking throughout all sections of the parking area as of 1 September.
The installation of new equipment, including booms, ticket dispensers and pay on foot equipment at Entrance 17 overflow and Shaded Parking areas, is due for completion towards the end of August.
From 1 September, nominal parking rates will be levied for all parking at The Pavilion Shopping Centre. There will be a grace period of 30 minutes in open parking areas where
parking will be free for this time period. Thereafter a levy of R5 will be charged for parking up to 3 hours.
Open tariffs
0 – 1/2 hours Free
½ – 3 hours R5
3 – 4 hours R8
4 – 5 hours R12
5 – 6 hours R20
6 – 12 hours R40
12 – 24 hours R140
Undercover tariffs
0 – 1 hour R8
1 – 2 hours R9
2 – 3 hours R10
3 – 4 hours R12
4 – 5 hours R15
5 – 6 hours R20
6 – 12 hours R40
12 – 24 R140
Pavilion Management said that this was in the interest of customer safety and security, as the license plate recognition system which recognises the car number plate and prints it on parking tickets will be in operation in all pay parking areas. On departure, the system cross checks to ensure that the number plate printed on the parking ticket corresponds with the car number plate prior to opening the boom. If they don’t match, the boom gate will not open.
An hour free parking would be better because it sometimes takes a half hour to find a parking space
Interesting how safety and security is used as a reason, the licence plate recognition which is currently installed does not work and it is suppose to open automatically when you exit which means anyone can leave with your vehicle.