Multi-level car parking lots to ease congestion in Chennai

CHENNAI: Chennaites will soon get multi-level car parkings in the city along congested stretches with acute parking shortage.

Following a meeting held by Chennai Corporation officials with other civic agencies on April 23, identification work for finding suitable land for development of multi-level car parking lots has started. The corporation will identify land plots and government owned vacant land to build the parking lots.

Land given to the Chennai Corporation would also be traced. An official of the Corporation said, “Many parcels of land in congested areas have been grabbed by some persons. We have to use the land for development of multi-level car parking spaces.”

On April 22, Chennai Metropolitan Development land drafted its final report on Comprehensive Mobility plan which also pointed towards the need for development of multi-level parking.

An official said, “Provision of mass parking facilities should not always be the norm. However, mass parking facilities are needed in order to pedestrianise commercial areas. This is the basis of the proposal. For example, the proposals for multi-level car parking lots in T Nagar and George Town are linked to the pedestrianisation in such commercial areas.”

The civic body has identified 22 locations which are mentioned in Comprehensive action plan for reviewing them to find out if they are suitable for multi-level parking or not. Some identified places are Chetpet, Saidapet Metro, Mandaveli MRTS, Anna Nagar Roundtana and Nungambakkam Sterling Road and more.