PMC to implement ‘pay and park’ on five major roads on experimental basis

The Pune Municipal Corporation has decided to implement ‘pay and park’ on five major roads on an experimental basis. An official of the traffic planning department said, “After the state government’s instruction, we have sent a proposal asking for permission to implement ‘pay and park’ on five roads which were developed by the PMC under urban street guidelines. At present, there is no local representative in the PMC so we have sent the proposal to the state government’s urban development department for approval.” “We have proposed five roads namely Jangli Maharaj Road, Fergusson College Road, High Street Road, North Main Road, and Viman Nagar Road,” he said. The standing committee approved the parking policy in 2018, which included introducing a pay and park facility on major city roads. As per last week’s discussion with PMC officials, they have finalised five roads for implementing the pay and park scheme on an experimental basis.” As per the proposal approved by the standing committee, the city has been divided into three zones based on the level of congestion — central business district areas, mobility corridors, and the rest.