Paid parking in four new areas in Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi: Starting Sunday, the paid parking system will roll out in four new areas with more than 4,000 spaces, a senior official said on Monday.

"As many as 4,427 parking spaces will be controlled by the scheme as part of the Mawaqif 2010 Plan revealed earlier this year, aiming to manage car parking facilities and spaces in Abu Dhabi," said Najib Al Zarouni, general manager of parking at the Department of Transport.

The new areas are W5, W6, W7-01, W8, where the first is between Corniche Road and Al Nasr Street, King Khalid Bin Al Waleed Street and Tareq Bin Zeyad Street with a total of 817 spaces, the second is located between Al Nasr Street and Zayed First Street, King Khalid Bin Al Waleed Street and Tareq Bin Zeyad Street with a total of 1,454 slots.

Third area

The third area is located between King Khalid Bin Abdel Aziz Street and Tareq Bin Zeyad Street, Al Nasr Street and Zayed First Street with a total of 628 spaces and the fourth one is between King Khalid Bin Abdul Aziz Street and Al Khaleej Al Arabi, Al Corniche Street and Zayed First Street with a total of 1,528 spaces.

By the end of 2012, 75,000 paid parking spaces will be created in 43 areas in Abu Dhab. Of these, 35,000 spaces are planned by the end of this year.

The system is enforced from 8 am to 9 pm, Saturdays to Thursdays, at a rate of Dh3 per hour for premium parking (identified by turquoise and white kerbstones) with a maximum stay of 4 hours, and Dh2 per hour or Dh15 per day for standard parking (identified by turquoise and black kerbstones).

Al Zarouni said the Department of Transport has been extending continuous efforts gradually to increase Mawaqif parking capacity all over Abu Dhabi in a bid to ease the parking problems in some of the city's most congested areas which suffer from lack of parking spaces and illegal parking behaviours."

Residents in the area can apply for resident permits from the Mawaqif Customer Service Centers.

Documents: Residents' checklist

The documents required to obtain Mawaqif include: passport copy with valid residency visa; lease of contract or residency ownership proof; last electricity bill; vehicle ownership; relationship proof for the vehicle owner if different from the tenancy contract. Annual fees for the resident permits are Dh800 for the first vehicle, Dh1,200 for the second vehicle.

Processing of resident permits, takes a minimum of three working days. Customer service representatives are available at the Department of Transport Customer Service Centre on Hamdan Street, and Department of Transport Customer Service Centre is at Marina Mall.