Chennai to have ‘smart parking spots’ to reduce congestion

CHENNAI: The Greater Chennai Municipal Corporation is all set to designate 4,258 smart parking spots in congested areas of Chennai as a part of its ‘smart parking management system’. The project was initiated after the central government set a deadline of February 28, 2019, for issuing ‘work orders’ for smart projects across all states.

Anna Nagar, Purasawalkam and T Nagar are among few areas identified in the city where the project will be implemented. The estimated cost of the project is expected to be Rs 1 lakh crore.

Anna Nagar will get 1673 parking slots, Purasawalkam will get 385 parking slots and T Nagar will be getting as many as 2200 parking slots. In addition to smart parking spots, CCTV cameras will also be installed at the parking spots. The civic body officials are also expecting to launch bicycle sharing system to reduce vehicular pollution, in month of February.