PUTRAJAYA, July 21 — Several areas which have been listed as Kuala Lumpur’s central business district (CBD) will probably be re-categorised following the introduction of new parking rates in the capital, said Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor.
He said the authorities would have to reconsider if Mont Kiara, Bangsar, Sri Hartamas, Kepong and Taman Tun Dr Ismail (TTDI) should come under the CBD list.
“In the previous city structure plan, the areas were defined as CBD areas... that was our mistake and we need to rectify it.
“As such, we will listen to the people and make the changes because to my understanding the areas are not within the CBD,” he told reporters at the ministry’s Aidilfitri open house here today.
He was commenting whether the ministry would scrap or revise the 150 per cent increase in parking charges enforced by Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) effective July 16.
However, DBKL reportedly cancelled the increase in parking fees in Taman Tun Dr Ismail immediately after having a meeting with Tengku Adnan yesterday.
Elaborating further, Tengku Adnan said the new parking rates in the CBD areas such as Bukit Bintang and Imbi would remain as these were busy areas.
He said the minimum of two hours parking set at RM2 for the first hour and RM3 for the next hour would stay and after the two-hour period, the parked vehicles would be clamped and towed to the DBKL vehicle depot.
Apart from encouraging people to use public transportation in the urban areas, the move was also aimed to reduce vehicle entry into highly congested areas as DBKL only has 46,000 parking meters compared to three million vehicles entering the capital every day, he added. — Bernama
