The paid parking system has been reviewed after its implementation in areas such as Parkhurst caused a public furore.
Following the review, the city council’s mayoral committee will meet on 23 January to discuss the options for the system which include reassessing the tariffs, the introduction of grace periods for parking in certain areas and prohibiting private vehicles access at specified times of the day.
According to City of Joburg spokesperson, Nthatisi Modingoane, consultation with the necessary parties had been completed and interesting input was received from the stakeholders.
“These inputs and suggestions will be tabled to [the] mayoral committee this week and then to council,” said Modingoane. “Once council has made recommendations, these will be announced to the general public before implementation.”
Addressing the possibility that some areas could be turned into car-free zones with access to them only via public transport Modingoane said, “There are a number of proposals from the submission and it would be putting the horse before the cart to single out one.”
He added that paid parking was a tool used by the city council to manage public spaces and the system would not be stopped, but rather improved to benefit all stakeholders.
He said the ‘new inventions’, especially in smaller nodes would be made public once the city council had made its recommendations.
In some instances, Modingoane said there may be a need for a review of the bylaws.
Paid parking, which was introduced in Parkhurst in 2011, was also to be implemented in Melville, Rosebank, Roodepoort, Linden Randburg and Norwood among other areas.
