Parking management cranked up in Abu Dhabi

Drivers will be fined AED2 per day. Getty images/Morey Milbradt

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Mawaqif paid parking services will be applicable to the emirate’s Zayed City Market from tomorrow, the Department of Transport (DoT) has announced.

Paid parking will be enforced from 8am to 9pm, Saturdays to Thursdays, at a rate of AED2 per hour or AED15 per day. Illegally or disorderly parked vehicles will be fined at all times and days, even during Fridays and public holidays.

The new service is part of Mawaqif 2010 plan, which aims to manage car parking facilities and spaces in Abu Dhabi by helping motorists easily find a parking bay during the day.

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The new services will cover all existing 724 parking bays inside the multi-storey car park.

"Mawaqif was created to serve the community and its role is not limited to the implementation of paid parking services. The Department of Transport is introducing additional services and has issued tenders for the provision of automated car parking facilities car parking structures in a number of areas, with the aim of providing comprehensive and sustainable solutions to address the growing needs for parking," said Najib Al Zarooni, general manager of Parking at DoT.