Bogor prepares decree on parking

Bogor prepares decree on parking

BOGOR (JP): The Bogor administration is currently preparing a new decree to increase parking fees, an official says.

Under the new decree, which is still in the process of being approved by the West Java governor, the parking fee for a four- wheel-drive vehicle in parking areas and parking stations will be raised from Rp 500 (22 US cents) for the first two hours to Rp 750.

E. Lesmana, head of the Bogor Parking Management Unit, was quoted by Antara as saying that parking fees in the city's streets would be increased from Rp 300 to Rp 500.

Sutarno, a member of the administration's public relations staff, confirmed the preparation of the parking fee increases.

He said that if the governor failed to approve the proposal within three months, the Bogor administration would still have the legal authority to implement it.

There have been complaints from many motorists that a number of parking attendants have begun raising the parking fees prior to the issue of the decree.

There have also been complaints that the parking fee applicable to indoor parking is being applied to vehicles parked on the street. (29)