CTTMO opens selected streets as pay parking areas

The Davao City Traffic Transportation and Management Office (CTTMO) will start collecting parking fees in selected areas of the city’s central business district starting January 2.

Assigning and collecting parking fees is under City Ordinance 052 series of 2013, an Ordinance imposing Parking Fees on all vehicle owners/drivers for using certain streets in Davao City as Parking Spaces and for other purposes. Its implementation will generate additional income for the city, which can be used for various projects.

CTTMO head Dionisio Abude said that CTTMO and the City Treasurer’s Office (CTO) employees will be deployed in the designated areas from 6 a.m. to 9 pm.

The designated parking areas are CM Recto to Bolton, Bolton to Engineer’s Drive, Engineer’s Drive to City Hall Drive, City Hall Drive to Inigo, Inigo to Quirino, San Pedro St. to Duterte St, Duterte to Luna, Luna to Pelayo, Pichon to San Pedro, San Pedro to Rizal/Duterte, Rizal to Bonifacio, Picho to San Pedro, San Pedro to Rizal, Rizal to Bonifacio, Ilustre to Pelayo, Guerrero to Chavez, Chavez to Suazo, Suazo to Sales, Sales to Gempesaw, Gempesaw to Lizada, Lizada to Bangoy, Bangoy to Alvarez and JP Laurel to Guerrero.

Abude said collecting fees in these areas will give equal opportunity to those who have cars, to find parking for a fee.

He said that based on observation, many drivers monopolize the parking space and leave their vehicles for several hours, leaving no chance for other motorists to park.

“At least if we will let them pay, everyone will have an equal opportunity to park their vehicles. Also, it will be safer since there will be a CTTMO officer who will make sure that their cars are safe,” Abude said.

CTO head Lawrence Bantiding said that 14 ticket checkers will be deployed from their office to collect the parking fees.

“Our personnel, together with personnel of CTTMO, will be there from Monday to Saturday. The CTTMO will be there to assist our ticket checkers for the implementation of the ordinance,” he said.

“In a day we are expecting to generate P54,000 collection from the parking fees. We will make an account code for this and it will be added to our general fund,” Bantiding said. CIO