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First set of parking meters installed

Staff Reporter

Two new flyovers to be opened by this month-end

— Photo: S.R.Raghunathan

New facility: A parking attendant helps a vehicle owner get a token from the parking meter on North Mada Street, Mylapore, on Saturday.

CHENNAI: Flyovers on Alandur Road and Cenotaph Road and a subway on Jones Road in Saidapet will be inaugurated by this month-end, Mayor M.Subramanian said on Saturday.

Inaugurating parking meters on North Mada Street in Mylapore, he said the Chennai Corporation was taking measures to ensure smooth traffic flow. “We have taken up road-widening work at Kilpauk at a cost of Rs.4 crore, near the Music Academy at Rs.8 crore and at eight other places,” he said.

The parking meters, he said, would address the complaints that attendants were not issuing receipts for the fee they collected. “It will also prevent people from leaving their vehicle in the parking lot for a long time.”

Five parking meters have been installed in Mylapore on a trial basis. In a week’s time, 12 meters would be installed at Pondy Bazaar in T.Nagar and CSIR Road in Taramani. The civic body plans to install 80 meters in other localities.

Deputy Mayor R.Sathyabama and MLA S.Ve.Shekhar participated in the function.

The meters have been installed by Millenium Synergy Private Ltd. It would operate them for seven years. During this period it would pay 11.50 per cent of the daily collections to the Corporation.

The operators would collect the cash from the meters at night. The parking fee for one hour is Rs.5. Four-wheeler users can drop a five rupee coin into the meter and obtain a slip, which should be displayed on the dash board.

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