Four of the five public car parks in Santa Cruz, which the Public Services area had ordered to lower their rates, have already done so.
This was announced yesterday by the councilor for the area, Carlos Tarife, during the visit that, together with the mayor, José Manuel Bermúdez, he made to the remodeled Afilarmónica Nifú Nifá street, which has been semi-pedestrianized, eliminating surface parking.
Tarife referred to the drop in parking prices in the city as a way to improve the parking supply.
Thus, those that have lowered rates are those of Puente Serrador, Weyler, El Pilar and Plaza de España. Those who have not applied the order are those of the Stadium, Ramón y Cajal and Tomé Cano, although the latter still has until tomorrow to do so.
However, the fact that the car parks have lowered their rates does not mean that they have filed appeals against the decision of Public Services.
At the moment, the Weyler man has appealed directly to the court, while two others have filed an administrative appeal with the City Council, and two more have not taken any type of action, to which Tarife warns that “we will sanction if the rates do not drop” .
Regarding Nifú Nifá street, the mayor pointed out that “the reopening of this road will mean giving new opportunities to the street, which have to do with semi-pedestrianization, with revitalization with activities for the whole family or with the installation of a small craft market on the days that we have cruises, among other possibilities”.
In addition, he added that, “in addition to the fact that, of course, the street has become more accessible, leaving the sidewalk and firm at the same level, which opens up new expectations.”
Likewise, Bermúdez added that “this is one of the actions contained in the plan for asphalting and maintenance of roads and streets of the municipality, presented last August, endowed with an investment of close to 11.5 million and which is currently with more than 50% of the works already executed and finished”.
For his part, Tarife said that “we are very happy with the final result, since it was a street with many needs, since the roots of the trees were literally invading the parking area, of which more than 80% were spaces public”.
