Mumbai plans 9- storey Car Park

May 28, 2009

The proposal to build a 9-storey car park at Mumbai was

discussed by MMRDA officials, Mumbai`s traffic police,

officials from the state`s town-planning department and

the BMC on May 26. Six out of the 59 proposals that were

presented for the same came from developers and land owners

of mills, namely Kohinoor, Mumbai, Jupiter and Elphinstone

Mills. Planned at the Jupiter Mills compounds at Lower Parel,

the 9-storey car park will accommodate 2,370 cars. This car

park would cover an area of over 1 lakh sq m, and be adorned

with LED screens that show the number of vehicles parked,

flickering lights to indicate vacant slots and traffic censors

installed at entry and exit points. The approval of a private

developer at Jupiter Mills will initiate the project to action.

According to conditions set by the traffic police, the developer

cannot restrict parking on nearby roads or lure commuters to

park in this lot. Public parking space will not be provided for

commercial purposes and leasing it out would not be allowed and

parking spaces for buses and trucks too would be provided. An

exclusive entry point at Senapati Bapat Road and exit point at

Fitwala Road with a total of 11 gates, including three emergency

ones, would be provided. An integrated CCTV system and well

equipped control rooms with video walls are planned for better

security. There will be fire-exit connectors, five parking spaces

for the physically-handicapped and generators of suitable capacity

as a stand-by power source. The car park will provide the city

with much relief considering the current traffic situation.