Parking wardens have been deployed at more than a 1,000 parking units in Colombo for the next six months til parking meters are fixed in the city, the Colombo Mayor A.J.M. Muzammil said yesterday.
Colombo Mayor Muzammil said wardens of a private company had been deployed at the slots along the Duplication Road and Galle Road.
Motorbikes will be charged Rs 10 per hour, Rs. 20 from three-wheelers, Rs. 30 from vans and Rs. 50 will be charged from buses and lorries. He said the wardens had been deployed only on a temporary basis until parking metres were established.
Earlier the CMC said that parking meters would be fixed along the Duplication and Galle Roads and all by-roads connecting the two main roads to minimize traffic congestion and errant parking.
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