A pay-and-park kiosk on MG Road, Bengaluru. Parking Policy 2.0, approved several years ago, remained unimplemented due to resistance from local elected representatives.
Credit: DH file photo
Bengaluru: Parking will soon no longer be free on 35 roads located in Bengaluru’s Central Business District (CBD) areas.
The Bengaluru City Central Corporation has proposed engaging private operators to collect parking fees on these roads for a period of three years, extendable by another two years.
The corporation expects to earn around Rs 5 crore to Rs 7 crore annually through parking fee collection.
This is likely the first time the civic body is bringing such a large number of roads under a pay-and-park system.
Although the government approved Parking Policy 2.0 several years ago, it remained on paper due to resistance from local elected representatives, who feared the move could prove to be a vote-cutter.
Following the formation of five municipal corporations in place of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), the new civic bodies are taking steps to raise resources as they face pressure to become financially self-sustainable.
The list of 35 roads includes popular stretches such as Church Street, Museum Road, Crescent Road, Brigade Road, Ejipura Road, and 80 Feet Road and 100 Feet Road in Indiranagar, among others.
Stretches proposed for paid parking
Commercial Street
Cambridge Road
Wood Street
Castle Street
Magrath Road
Church street
Museum Road
Crescent Road
Brigade Road
Ejipura Road
80 feet Indiranagar
100 feet Indiranagar
2nd Temple Road, Dattatreya Temple ward
Sampige Road
Railway Parallel Road
BVK Iyengar Road
Dispensary Road
Ibrahim Sahib Street
Main Guard Road from Safina Plaza to Dispensary Road
Dickenson Road
Mavalli Tank Bund Road
DVG Road in Sunkenahalli ward
Shankar Mutt Road
PMK Road
Millers Road Junction
Planetarium Road
St John's Church Road
St John's Road
Vani Vilas Road
Vasavi Temple Road
Kanakapura Road
Diagnonal Road
Patalamma Road
T Mariyappa Road