By Stanley Onyekwere
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has defended its decision to revamp it’s suspended On-street parking scheme, in order to swiftly tackle disturbing traffic congestion in Abuja.
Making this position known yesterday, the Director, Traffic Management, FCTA Transportation, Wadata Bodinga, who assured that all the legal issues that was an impediment have been resolved.
Bodinga noted that the new FCT parking Regulations 2019 has sufficiently made provisions for the scheme, scheduled to come into effect before the end of first quarter of this year.
He said the first phase of the exercise in its preliminary stage will be carried out in Maitama and Wuse areas of the Federal Capital City (FCC).
He explained that following the rapid population growth in Abuja, and its consequential traffic congestion, resuscitating the policy was necessary.
He added that the nation’s capital was faced with many traffic irregularities, posing grave dangers to residents, noting that the reintroduction of the scheme will mitigate.
According to him,” the present state of the FCT Traffic irregularities which pose a great hazard towards road users, the reintroduction of the On-street parking scheme by the administration will mitigate these challenges to the barest minimum.
“While On-street parking scheme may seem over bearing for some users, the scheme impact positively on the FCT residence on economic activities through improving customer experience and promoting efficient parking management system “.
It would be recalled that the controversy policy was in 2014 resisted by some residents, who allegedly decried the high handedness of operatives, and also queried the ownership of companies being used for ticketing and enforcement.
