Illegal parking is rampant, unsafe
According to the Hanoi Department of Transport, the ratio of land area reserved for static traffic to the city's urban construction land area has only reached less than 1% (according to planning, it must reach 3 - 4%). Currently, the city has up to 1,557 parking lot projects that have not been implemented. The capacity of the capital's static traffic infrastructure only meets about 10% of actual demand. The needs of the people are great, there is a serious lack of parking spots, however in localities it is easy to recognize the situation of "illegal" parking lots that are openly operating without permission.
As noted by the reporter (PV), only in the two districts of Dinh Cong and Dai Kim of Hoang Mai district (Hanoi) the illegal car parking situation has caused a lot of frustration for people as well as many potential risks. loss of safety.
In Dai Kim new urban area (Dai Kim ward, Hoang Mai, Hanoi), on route 2, although it has just been opened from Nguyen Xien to Kim Giang street, a series of plots of land with lines and lines have appeared. wire and arrange many large concrete blocks for the purpose of parking, occupying 1/3 of the road. Just by parking in this area, people will immediately be charged a fee even though this area has not been licensed for parking. There is even a monthly parking service here with prices ranging from about 1 - 2 million VND.
Not only on route No. 2, around the internal roadbed area in front of Vinaconex and CT buildings (Kim Van - Kim Lu Urban Area), there is a phenomenon of a series of iron fences, rocks, and marker posts being firmly planted in part. The roadway and along the median strip were also recorded.
Many people living here said that these fences have existed for many months but it is unclear which unit installed them. Since the obstacles in these parking lots were erected, traffic here has been greatly affected, with frequent congestion, especially during rush hours.
In Dinh Cong ward, only about 1km of road around the Belt 2.5 project area, there have been 3-4 parking lots, most of which are expired or unlicensed with many unsafe risks. Many "illegal" car parks contain many obvious fire safety risks, such as at the parking lot at 89 Tran Dien, this area is cleverly "hidden" inside a store by the owners of the illegal car park. Car wash has a large scale.
With a capacity of hundreds of cars, motorbikes... here, most of the fire prevention and fighting equipment systems are not guaranteed in both quantity and quality to prevent emergencies such as fires. can happen. In particular, at 262 Nguyen Xien, Ha Dinh ward, Thanh Xuan district, the subject arbitrarily built corrugated iron and leveled the ground to create an illegal parking lot for ten years, causing prolonged lawsuits.
Difficulty in implementation
Ms. Nguyen Thi Thai - Vice Chairwoman of Dai Kim Ward - said: "In the ward there are many densely populated apartment buildings, some buildings up to 45 floors but no parking. The people's need for parking is huge, but the supply (parking lots) is not there and the infrastructure cannot meet it, so many inadequacies arise.
In many parking lots, although the relevant documents and permits have not yet been completed, the business has divided the parking lots with painted lines, boulders and cones. Regarding this, Dai Kim ward immediately took action to handle the violations, we will soon fix it in the near future" - Vice Chairman of Dai Kim Ward People's Committee informed.
In Dinh Cong ward, the locality also expressed many difficulties when applying for permission for temporary parking lots in the area.
Through practical research, it has been shown that many localities are quite timid in licensing temporary parking facilities due to the lack of a standard legal process, lack of guidance and strong centralized direction.
Issues such as: Parking fees, taxes, and temporary license deadlines are also causing headaches for departments, branches, and localities. In particular, the licensing deadline for parking spots currently does not have uniform, specific regulations. Some places give it 3 months, 6 months, some places even give it 1 month at a time.
