Two thousand residents’ cars in need of parking spaces
CORFU. The Permanent Residents΄ Association is once again calling for updated information and a resolution to the issue.
(Letter from Association) With regard to the particularly acute problem of parking for vehicles belonging to permanent residents of the Old Town, and in order to assist you in decision-making, our Association evaluated the available data and estimates that approximately two thousand vehicles correspond to the residents of the Old Town, distributed as follows:
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Kampielo – Mouragia – Lemonia Spilia – Kofineta: 560
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Centre: 380
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Porta Remounta: 520
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Jewish Quarter: 280
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Agioi Pateres: 260
We note that the total number of 2,000 vehicles is not an arbitrary assumption, but the result of a systematic and exhaustive on-site survey carried out by our Association’s working group during the two-year period 2019–2020. This survey was conducted under the special conditions of the COVID-19 period, which made it possible to capture a clear picture of permanently parked vehicles in the Old Town, free from the distortions caused by seasonal tourist traffic or unrestricted visitor movement. As such, these figures constitute the only documented database that reflects the actual needs of permanent residents.
Therefore, we consider it imperative that the Municipality immediately request an update of these data from the interested parties—following the practice of the previous municipal administration—so that this major issue can be regulated as soon as possible in the most effective manner. Our positions regarding the allocation of available spaces remain unchanged, as already submitted in our comments on the Regulation.
GIORGOS KATSAITIS
