Parking meters to go out with 2013
From Jan 1 next year, there will be no more parking meters on Penang island.
Instead, motorists will have to use coupons, monthly prepaid passes, and smart parking gadgets.
Penang Island Municipal Council senior assistant officer (parking) Aziah Mohd Ali said the coupons and monthly prepaid passes would be enforced from the first day of the new year.
She said the smart parking gadget would be sold from March and implemented in May.
She said with the new system, the public would be spared the hassle of looking for small change as well as the frustration of broken parking meters.
Aziah said the new parking system would also reduce the number of enforcement officers needed to check on vehicles parked within the council's jurisdiction.
"Enforcement officers will be equipped with smart devices to scan and detect discrepancies when on their rounds.
"Summonses will be issued on the spot to motorists who fail to pay their parking fees," she said during a tour to explain the new parking system to the media at the Tanjung Bungah market, here, recently.
Member of parliament for Bukit Bendera Zairil Mohd Khir Johari was also present.
Aziah said under the new parking system, the parking rates under the council's jurisdiction on the island would also be standardised at 40 sen for every half hour.
Perkhidmatan Alam Indah Sdn Bhd managing director Abdul Malik Abdul Kader, whose company would manage the new parking system, said agents had been elected to sell the coupons, monthly pass stickers and smart gadget.
"Motorists can purchase them from authorised mini-markets, petrol stations, at the council offices, 24-hour restaurants and the Alam Indah office at 20A, Lorong Seratus Tahun.
"The hand-held smart gadget comes with RM50 preloaded credit. New purchasers need only pay that amount to get the gadget free.
"A replacement gadget will cost RM140," he said.
Meanwhile, there is mixed reaction to the new parking system.
Loh Keng Kwee, wanted to know more about the new parking system, although he was in favour of it.
"This will eliminate the hassle of coins and damaged parking meters but I also hope the council will create more parking bays for motorists on the island," he said.
Retiree S. Subramaniam said the new parking system could be problematic for the elderly.
"It will be quite a hassle for the elderly to go around looking for the agents.
Learning to use the new system itself would be a challenge," he said.
For information on the new parking system, call the council at 04-261 0181 or the hotline at 04-263 7637/263 7000.
To reach Alam Indah, call 04-228 1192 or the hotline 04-261 3350, email alamindah@hotmail.com or visit www.alamindah.my.
~News courtesy of New Straits Times~
From Jan 1 next year, there will be no more parking meters on Penang island.
Instead, motorists will have to use coupons, monthly prepaid passes, and smart parking gadgets.
Penang Island Municipal Council senior assistant officer (parking) Aziah Mohd Ali said the coupons and monthly prepaid passes would be enforced from the first day of the new year.
She said the smart parking gadget would be sold from March and implemented in May.
She said with the new system, the public would be spared the hassle of looking for small change as well as the frustration of broken parking meters.
Aziah said the new parking system would also reduce the number of enforcement officers needed to check on vehicles parked within the council's jurisdiction.
"Enforcement officers will be equipped with smart devices to scan and detect discrepancies when on their rounds.
"Summonses will be issued on the spot to motorists who fail to pay their parking fees," she said during a tour to explain the new parking system to the media at the Tanjung Bungah market, here, recently.
Member of parliament for Bukit Bendera Zairil Mohd Khir Johari was also present.
Aziah said under the new parking system, the parking rates under the council's jurisdiction on the island would also be standardised at 40 sen for every half hour.
Perkhidmatan Alam Indah Sdn Bhd managing director Abdul Malik Abdul Kader, whose company would manage the new parking system, said agents had been elected to sell the coupons, monthly pass stickers and smart gadget.
"Motorists can purchase them from authorised mini-markets, petrol stations, at the council offices, 24-hour restaurants and the Alam Indah office at 20A, Lorong Seratus Tahun.
"The hand-held smart gadget comes with RM50 preloaded credit. New purchasers need only pay that amount to get the gadget free.
"A replacement gadget will cost RM140," he said.
Meanwhile, there is mixed reaction to the new parking system.
Loh Keng Kwee, wanted to know more about the new parking system, although he was in favour of it.
"This will eliminate the hassle of coins and damaged parking meters but I also hope the council will create more parking bays for motorists on the island," he said.
Retiree S. Subramaniam said the new parking system could be problematic for the elderly.
"It will be quite a hassle for the elderly to go around looking for the agents.
Learning to use the new system itself would be a challenge," he said.
For information on the new parking system, call the council at 04-261 0181 or the hotline at 04-263 7637/263 7000.
To reach Alam Indah, call 04-228 1192 or the hotline 04-261 3350, email alamindah@hotmail.com or visit www.alamindah.my.
~News courtesy of New Straits Times~
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