Soaring price of parking in Sea Point and Claremont is ‘absolute shocker’
Cape Town motorists could soon be hit with a 69% increase in parking fees if the city has its way. A tariffs and charges proposal document for the 2017-18 financial year that was tabled before the city’s transport and urban development committee this week, classified Sea Point‚ Claremont and Tygervalley as "high-demand areas". Depending on the input from the public‚ these areas could be slapped with the astronomical fees increase by the July 1. "The 2016-17 tariffs limited high-demand areas (which is linked to higher parking fees) to the Cape Town central business district (CBD). However‚ recent surveys and analysis shows that the following other areas must also be classified high-demand areas because they have similar or higher levels of parking demand than the CBD: Sea Point‚ Claremont and Tygervalley‚" the document reads. The committee recommended that the tariffs be advertised‚ "as legally required"‚ for public comment. Councillor Brett Herron‚ responsible for transport and urba...
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