Illustrative image (Source: VNA) The lack of parking space in the Old Quarters has been apressing issue for more than a decade. This area of the city is full of narrowroads and pavements, particularly so on the streets where many small businessesare based, such as Hang Bong, Hang Bot and Hang Dao.
As a result, people either park their motorbikes on thepavements or have to park at parking lots and walk to the stores.
“The construction of underground parking lots is progressingslowly, and it is not easy to meet citizens’ demands for parking spaces,” Chungsaid. “The city wants to encourage households with large indoor spaces to offerparking services,” he said at a recent conference on road safety and urbanorder.
The mayor has asked the city’s finance and tax departmentsto develop preferential tax policies for households that offer parkingservices.
“Take Hang Bot street as an example. Every household on thisstreet can see at least 100 vehicles per day. With the current parking rate,they will make a much higher profit than by lending the space to businesses,”he said.
The plan is to have one home-based parking space every50-100 metres, the mayor said.
Chung has instructed the chairpersons and vice-chairpersons of thePeople’s Committees of Hoan Kiem, Ba Dinh, Hai Ba Trung and Dong Da districtsto survey and select households suitable for parking services.
He has also requested vehicles to park as close as possibleto the home-based stores so that there is sufficient walking space on thepavements for pedestrians.
District authorities, especially of Hoan Kiem district, havebeen asked to mark out parking spaces in front of the stores with paint, hesaid.-VNA
