BMA wants parking fees on 51 more roads
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration will soon propose to the Metropolitan Police Bureau the list of 51 additional public roads it hopes to collect parking fees from, said BMA deputy permanent secretary Krisda Klantanon on Thursday.
The issuing of the new regulation came after the BMA targeted annual income of Bt65 billion.
“Parking fees are a major income source for big cities and can also help solve traffic jams. If BMA can do this, its income will increase by Bt10 billion,” Krisda said.
BMA Finance Department director Kritsada Siripibul said the city wanted to collect fees at 65 roads but they had to settle on 51 roads under the proposal.
The 14 roads it did not put on the list include Feung Nakhon Road, where the Interior Ministry asked for parking space; Pracharat 2 Road, where the skytrain (blue line) construction is ongoing; and Khao San Road, which Chana Songkhram police use as a pedestrian road.
BMA collected Bt11,788,255 in parking fees in the 2014 fiscal year and Bt10,651,937 for this fiscal year so far (October 2014 until May 2015).
