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Hundreds of households upset after parking lot closed
  • | tienphong, dtinews.vn | August 17, 2017 09:52 PM
Hundreds of households in Hanoi's Linh Dam Urban Area have complained after the biggest local parking lot was closed.


  

The biggest parking lot was closed

There are tens of thousands of people living in the urban area but there is only one underground parking lot. When the apartment buildings opened in 2014, several firms reached an agreement with the investor to use unused land as parking lots for the residents.

On August 15, the authorities suddenly announced that they would close the biggest parking lot in the area. Tran Toan, vice chairman of Trung Liet Ward, said the lands are wrongly used so they asked related individuals and firms to remove all equipment and vehicles.

According to the locals, if there were any violations the authorities should have banned or informed the firms immediately years ago. But after the locals bought more vehicles and all parking lots are full, the authorities and police started tightening management.

Phong, a local in the area, said the authorities had completely ignored the situation, but now as they couldn't manage it, they issued a ban.

The locals and firms asked to keep the parking lot as the land was practically abandoned for years, or give them time to end contracts and find new places.

However, on the night of August 16, a fence was put up to prevent the locals from parking their vehicles inside. Those who were unable to find new parking lot had to park their vehicles on the streets.

The representative of Hanoi's Steering Committee 197 for the implementation of traffic order and safety also agreed with the locals, saying that the city even issued three to six-month-permit for parking lots on the pavement to meet demand.

"Linh Dam urban area has 70 high rises but lacks parking lots. Local authorities should be more flexible to set up temporary parking lots for the residents," he said.

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