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RM5 entry fee for cars into Portuguese settlement to ease traffic congestion
RM5 entry fee for cars into Portuguese settlement to ease traffic congestion
The decision to collect a RM5 entry fee for every car that enters the Portuguese settlement during this Yuletide season is aimed at controlling traffic congestion, says a spokesman for the community.
Portuguese Settlement and Kampung Attap joint-Christmas organising committee spokesman Martin Theseira said the vehicles parking outside the perimeter of the core zone of the settlement need not pay the fee.
"This is part of two strategies that we outlined this year to manage the heavy volume of traffic in the Settlement.
"One was to fully impose a ban on party spray cans that had triggered disputes between residents and revellers in previous years,' he said when asked to respond to outcry from certain residents that the organising committee had no right to collect fees.
"Furthermore, the traffic wardens commissioned by the committee are from Rela, and we need to pay them," he said.
Theseira said permission had been obtained from the authorities before the collection was started.
"Anyway, we are open to ideas and welcome any suggestions to prevent vehicles from clogging up the settlement during the Yuletide season," he said.
He added that the organising committee had also received a complaint from an eatery owner over the fee collections.
"However, nine eatery owners and many residents supported the move as it helps to control the bottleneck at the narrow lane leading to the eateries," he added.
~News courtesy of The Star~
The decision to collect a RM5 entry fee for every car that enters the Portuguese settlement during this Yuletide season is aimed at controlling traffic congestion, says a spokesman for the community.
Portuguese Settlement and Kampung Attap joint-Christmas organising committee spokesman Martin Theseira said the vehicles parking outside the perimeter of the core zone of the settlement need not pay the fee.
"This is part of two strategies that we outlined this year to manage the heavy volume of traffic in the Settlement.
"One was to fully impose a ban on party spray cans that had triggered disputes between residents and revellers in previous years,' he said when asked to respond to outcry from certain residents that the organising committee had no right to collect fees.
"Furthermore, the traffic wardens commissioned by the committee are from Rela, and we need to pay them," he said.
Theseira said permission had been obtained from the authorities before the collection was started.
"Anyway, we are open to ideas and welcome any suggestions to prevent vehicles from clogging up the settlement during the Yuletide season," he said.
He added that the organising committee had also received a complaint from an eatery owner over the fee collections.
"However, nine eatery owners and many residents supported the move as it helps to control the bottleneck at the narrow lane leading to the eateries," he added.
~News courtesy of The Star~
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