[sustran] Public Parking Policy Revived in Mumbai with a minor tweak

Faizan Jawed phaizan at gmail.com
Thu May 19 19:03:10 JST 2011


*Public parking policy revived*
 Published: Thursday, May 19, 2011, 2:42 IST
By *DNA Correspondent* | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA

Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan announced the revival of the policy for the
parking lots in Mumbai. Parking lots will now be allowed to be developed on
public-private partnership basis. FSI incentives and concessions in the
premium charges will also be offered on such lots to the developers. The
only sore point, however, is that the fact thatthe amendment in the
development control rules (DCR) has restricted the height of the lots to
ground plus four floors.

The policy was scrapped four months ago after the government realised that
the private players were taking unfair advantage of the policy to earn the
additional FSI.

The multi-storey parking lots had mushroomed in particular areas of the
city. Of the 72 proposals submitted with the BMC, about 25 were onlyfrom the
suburbs. The multi-storey parking lots that had come up in the Island city
were getting no response from the vehicle owners. The builders were
believably making a lot of profits in South Mumbai by earning incentives
with FSI that went up to as high as 4 in some cases.

The chief minister, while making the announcement in Delhi on Wednesday has
clarified that there would be no mechanised parking lot keeping the utility
and the maintenance in mind. He also has stated that the lots would not be
allowed to go beyond ground plus four storey beside two level basements He
announced that after the due deliberation by the urban development
department the amendment has been initiated in DCR 33(24).

The developers opting for the parking lots under PPP mode, will have to pay
40% premium on the incentive FSI deducting the cost borne by them the
residential construction. BMC and the state government will share the
premium charges in equal proportion.

A committee of the civic commissioner and joint police commissioner
(traffic) will prepare proposal considering the need and place of the
parking lot. The final approval for such lots will come from the state
government.

The chief minister said that the modified policy would help the state
government to ease the traffic congestion in the city.


Source:
http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_public-parking-policy-revived_1544977


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