The Selangor state government has announced that a newly appointed concession company will take over public parking fee collection and enforcement for four local councils (PBTs) in the state starting from August 1, Bernama reports.
State local government and tourism committee chairman Datuk Ng Suee Lim said the appointed company Rantaian Mesra, is a wholly-owned Mentri Besar Selangor (Incorporated) subsidiary, with the four PBTs being the Petaling Jaya city council (MBPJ), Subang Jaya city council (MBSJ), Shah Alam city council (MBSA) and Selayang municipal council (MPS).
He said the move is part of the state government’s efforts to boost public parking revenue, of which collection currently amounts to only about 30% from 1,000 designated bays, and that the low compliance was mainly due to the lack of manpower for enforcement. “With the company dedicated to managing on-street parking, fee collection is projected to reach more than 60%,” he said.
Ng said both fee collection and enforcement will be handled by the company, with the councils and state government providing close supervision. He added that the concessionaire would also absorb a few enforcement officers by training them and placing them under its payroll.
In terms of revenue, this would be split equally, Ng said, with the concessionaire receiving 50% and the remaining 50% to the state, with 40% of this going to the councils and 10% to MBI Selangor.
Ng denied claims made in media reports that the appointment had been made through a direct tender process, stating that 26 companies responded to a request for proposal (RFP) before three were eventually shortlisted.
He said that the company that was appointed was selected based on strict performance conditions. “If targets are not met, the 10-year contract can be terminated at any time,” he explained.
He assured that the new system would not lead to higher parking rates, which ranges between 40 and 60 sen per hour, depending on the council. There are also no changes in how parking payments are made – the same apps as available now can be used to pay parking fees.
Ng added that having a company solely focused on on-street parking collection and enforcement would relieve councils of those duties, leaving them with resources to focus on other responsibilities.
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While collecting parking fee, instruct the concessionaire to report any problem to the road and cleanliness. Some potholes existed for years. Jangan tau ambik duit je.
New crony lettew…
So they are willing to give 50% revenue collected to a private company (siapa punya kawan la ni)? What about all those council staff that are collecting gaji and benefits and not doing their job resulting in this low collection of revenue? Why not fire them and hire people who will go and do the job and 100% goes to local government?
For the sake of buta gaji, now can only increase collection to maximum 50% of total collected ah?
Yeah sure those council officers being absorbed to the private company are essentially being fired and rehired by someone else but why does it have to come at the cost of limiting revenue collection for the state? Before long assessment and other council charges will naik. Guaranteed.
Apa guna. Banyak commercial shops chup parking illegally don’t see you all take action pun
Oh wow. Soon we are going to have a stream of recordings of fights with parking attendants that are placing summons on errant vehicles. Haha
Pretty common practice in Europe to have attendants lurking to wait for the exact minute your parking time lapses to issue notices. That’s what happens when you make such services for profit and outsource it.
Oh no. New app again?
So many abandoned cars occupying the parking bays, nobody bothers to come & tow them away. Already parking bays are scarce, if you provide us with small vigilante rewards, we love to provide your photocopy vehicles and their locations.