MCC to build multi-level car parking on its own in Mangalore

August 2, 2014

Old Bus Stand at Hampankatta which is the proposed site for multi-storeyed vehicle park, in Mangalore on October 22, 2008. Photo: R. Eswarraj

The Hindu Old Bus Stand at Hampankatta which is the proposed site for multi-storeyed vehicle park, in Mangalore on October 22, 2008. Photo: R. Eswarraj

Keeping a multi-level car parking-cum-commercial complex proposal at Hampankatta alive, the MCC has decided to take it away from the MUDA and go on its own or through a public private partnership (PPP).

Keeping a multi-level car parking-cum-commercial complex proposal at Hampankatta alive, the Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) has decided to take it away from the Mangalore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) and go on its own or through a public private partnership (PPP).

The council of the corporation on Thursday gave its approval to withdraw the proposal given to the MUDA.

Now the corporation is focusing on the project for which the State government is expected to sanction 50 per cent of the project cost.

Mayor Mahabala Marla said that it was more than five years now since the proposal was given to MUDA.

Of the 215.50 cents of land available in the old service bus stand at Hampankatta, the civic body owns 155 cents and the remaining 60.50 cents – where there are five buildings – belong to three private parties.

Mr. Marla told The Hindu that the matter had been taken up with the Minister for Urban Development Vinay Kumar Sorake, who has promised support of the State government. The corporation is yet to decide whether to take up the project on its own or through a PPP model.

Blueprint

The Mayor said that now the corporation would ask a consultancy to prepare a blueprint of the proposed project. The matter would be discussed in the development committee of the civic body and a decision would be taken on how to proceed with the project.

Mr. Sorake told The Hindu over phone that the government could sanction 50 per cent of the project cost through the Directorate of Urban Transport Authority (DUTA) under the Urban Development Department. The government planned to reduce the density of vehicles in city corporations in the State. Hence DUTA had been constituted with an objective to coordinate planning and implementation of urban transport projects and programmes, he said.

He said his department would verify the Hampankatta project once the MCC sent a proposal and project report to the government.

The Mayor said the corporation was also examining if it was possible to introduce a single parking fee payment facility in the central business district area in the city. With this, a driver should be able to park his or her vehicle at three for four notified places on roadside by paying a parking fee at any one place. Then drivers and owners need not pay parking fee every time they parked vehicles within a radius of two or three kilometres.

Source:The Hindu

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