Tendy Three Investments (TTI), the company which manages parking in Bulawayo’s central business district, (CBD), has reduced its daily parking fees by 50 per cent from US$8 per day to US$4 in response to concerns raised by motorists in the city.
TTI executive chairperson and director Lizwe Mabuza confirmed the reduction of the fees to the Chronicle. He said:
The reduction was necessitated by engagements, we had with the business community. They complained that the fees were exorbitant.
The fact that our economy is largely informal you have a number of people now using their backyards in the city centre and sanitary lanes for parking to evade paying parking fees.
We reviewed our packages targeting motorists who spend the better part of the day in town.
Bulawayo City Council communications manager Nesisa Mpofu was quoted as saying:
The daily package is in line with the monthly package that was rolled out more than two months ago.
It offers the same level of discount such as a 55 per cent discount to those who park in the city centre for the whole day.
In essence, it is focused on people doing business in town and are not able to pay US$90 per month, but are able to pay US$4 on a daily basis.
Parking is still US$1 per hour for casual patrons such as people spending a few hours in the city centre.
This is benchmarked to other cities such as Harare, Mutare, Beitbridge, and Gweru and so on.
Bulawayo Urban Residents Association (BURA) chairperson Winos Dube said they welcomed the slashing of the parking fees.
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