50 thousand parking spaces are subject to fees in the emirate

A digital scan to control vehicles violating parking in Sharjah

Digital scanning cars allow inspectors to control parking spaces and detect misuse from the source

Sharjah Municipality launched two digital scanning vehicles with the aim of controlling vehicles violating the paid parking, monitoring all violations in public parking, easing inspectors and assisting them in monitoring parking spaces, as vehicles can scan 1500 to 3000 parking spaces per hour and send reports to the operations room at the parking department to address and enter them into its electronic system. .

The Director of the Public Parking Department in the Sharjah Municipality, Ali Abu Al-Ghazzi, confirmed that digital scanning cars allow inspectors to control parking spaces and detect misuse, monitor violations and record violations, indicating that the two vehicles have been tested, and plate codes for vehicle numbers in the country have been entered into them.

He explained that the launch of these vehicles coincides with the inauguration of more than 400 touch payment devices, which are in line with the advanced digital technologies that digital scanning vehicles operate in, to enhance the efforts of their human cadres in monitoring parking violations, as the smart cameras equipped with scanning vehicles can Digital identification of vehicle numbers that enter through touch screens in the devices, indicating that there are other vehicles that will be launched simultaneously with the completion of the installation of the 1070 touch-enabled toll payment devices in all areas of Sharjah.

And he indicated that the number of parking spaces subject to fees has reached about 50 thousand parking spaces distributed in various areas of the city of Sharjah, as these vehicles will save a lot of time and effort for inspection teams to solve parking problems, and find new techniques to monitor violations and regulate parking mechanisms in them.

Abu-Jazin noted that these vehicles give a grace period for the public to park in public parking for a period of 10 minutes without paying fees, as was previously applied, and you can read the plates and know if the vehicle exceeded this period without paying the fees or not through a processor that stores the image and works on Update it and send the update to the follow-up office in the parking department, then send an alert to the inspector and provide him with the specific location of the vehicle and a photo of it, so that the necessary action can be taken.

He pointed out that the parking department has multiple plans to expand the range of public parking spaces and monitor the negative behaviors that are practiced by some of its users, pointing out that the parking department has allocated many numbers to attract complaints and notes about the parking areas subject to fees in the city of Sharjah, and it is working hard to increase its cadres and create new positions Subject to fees in various areas of the city to secure parking for all users, whether residents or investors, at all times.

He stated that the parking department receives many observations about stopping vehicles in places not designated for them, such as parking a vehicle in a parking lot reserved by a shop or restaurant or any establishment that has a commercial activity, and the complaint is responded to at the same time, as the reserved parking is for the beneficiary. No other person can stop there, as the owner pays an annual fee to reserve it, and other observations to stop a vehicle at the entrances to the sandy squares, and with parking spaces not designated for parking, and all complaints and observations are dealt with in cooperation with the concerned authorities in the emirate.

Vehicles give the public a grace period of 10 minutes without paying fees.

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