Sharjah Municipality subjects 1,300 parking spaces to fees in the Al Nahda area

The Public Parking Department in the Sharjah City Municipality announced that public parking in the Al Nahda area in the emirate will be subject to fees as of Saturday, 12/28/2019, after it was equipped according to the best standards and specifications with the aim of providing it to the public and visitors to the area at all times within the administration’s plans to provide public parking. Throughout the city of Sharjah, especially the vital areas, the administration has installed payment machines as a means of paying fees.

Thabet Salem Al Tarifi, Director General of Sharjah City Municipality, confirmed that the smiling emirate is witnessing great growth and unique urban development thanks to the visions and directives of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, and is also witnessing an active tourist movement, and therefore the municipality was keen to make available and provide parking. Public information to the public in all regions and works to constantly follow up on it to prevent misuse and to keep it available at all times without the need for the trouble of searching for it, based on its keenness to organize Parking vehicles in a way that enhances the aesthetic appearance of the city.

For his part, Khalid bin Falah Al Suwaidi, Assistant Director General of the Customer Service Sector, explained that the Public Parking Department is constantly seeking to develop its work system to provide the best and most advanced services to the public, especially public parking, as it is the first thing the public searches for when going to their various destinations, and therefore it is keen to provide it constantly and provide various types of parking. Payment methods to save time and effort, whether through parking devices or text messages, which allow the customer to reserve parking for more than an hour.

Ali Abu Ghazien, Director of the Public Parking Department at the Sharjah City Municipality, explained that parking in the Al Nahda area has been prepared in an organized manner, noting that 1,300 parking lots have been subjected within the first phase, out of 6,200 parking lots, which will be fully subject to fees during the first quarter of next year. 120 payment devices to collect fees, 12 large information boards, and 600 small signs explaining working hours and the payment mechanism via SMS. The administration also distributed brochures starting from From December 22 to Thursday, December 26, the leaflets targeted vehicles parked in the area at different times of the day so that the public could know that the area was subject to fees.