Breach Sweet residents draw up parking plan to push back future site visitors nightmares
MUMBAI: With the promise of the Coastal Highway promenade at Breach Sweet set to draw many extra guests to the realm, native residents are hoping to safe parking areas for themselves earlier than the inflow hits. The Breach Sweet Residents Discussion board (BCRF) has charted a paid parking plan for the realm, and is now out to get officers on board with it.
“The plan has been within the making for a minimum of six months,” mentioned N Lakhani, one of many many BCRF members who cobbled strategies and grievances collectively to give you an in depth scheme aimed toward reserving roughly 200 spots for the residents and 250 for guests.
“Our space is already beset with main parking points, and we predict them to worsen with the promenade and later the inexperienced areas on the Coastal Highway,” mentioned Lakhani. “We weren’t agreeable to the underground car parking zone at Amarsons, and so approached the site visitors division with a viable various.”
Residents of outdated buildings reminiscent of Seashore View, with little to no inner parking, have it so powerful, mentioned Lakhani, that many buildings rent parking valets. “Individuals don’t wish to spend extra time after an extended day at work searching for a close-by parking spot, after which stroll again residence,” he mentioned.
With guests to Breach Sweet Hospital, spiritual areas and retailers parking and double-parking on either side of the highway, the principle Bhulabhai Desai Highway is vastly congested. Native residents are sometimes fined for parking on the highway, including to their burden.
The proposed plan has a number of potential parking spots marked out. For residents, there are 5 zones: the areas behind the Indian Oil Petrol Pump, Larsen & Toubro workplace and in entrance of Signature Backyard supply 80 spots, whereas areas close to Mona Flats and Akruti might yield 110 to 115 spots.
For guests, 60 spots have been earmarked at Setalvad Lane, Amarsons Backyard Lane, Mazda and Dil Pazir buildings on the south facet and 175 to 200 spots on the north facet at Sehar Agiary Lane, the lapsed Navroze Taxi Stand, Akruti and the potential Breach Sweet Hospital car parking zone. Sooner or later, the Haji Ali underground parking will supply 400 spots to guests, however at a distance. All these spots are proposed on a pay-and-park foundation, with a time-wise pricing system steered.
“Residents’ parking spots ought to have stickers, and after they’re allotted, no extra parking ought to proceed on the principle highway,” says the plan. “Breach Sweet Hospital should agree to absorb a minimum of 30 affected person and customer vehicles for now, and extra after their car parking zone on the reclaimed land comes up. There have to be drop-off and pick-up factors made for faculties and temples.”
The plan has bought an enthusiastic response from the Tardeo site visitors station, mentioned Lakhani, who, together with residents, did a preliminary recce on Monday. Extra conferences with senior site visitors police officers are deliberate, and different establishments within the space may even be included within the plan because it progresses.
