To reduce traffic congestion on Vikas Marg,often caused by the lack of parking space on the stretch,the Unified Traffic and Transportation Infrastructure (Planning and Engineering) Centre (UTTIPEC) has proposed multi-level stack parking sites (see picture) along the stretch and limiting on-street parking to under two hours The Public Works Department (PWD) has been asked to work on a detailed project report to [decongest Vikas Marg. Specific areas where stack parking sites will come up along this stretch have been identified. These parking sites will be connected to corridors for non-motorised vehicles and pedestrians, UTTIPEC director Ashok Bhattacharjee said. PWD will be asked to hire traffic marshals to implement this plan. More buses will ply on this stretch to encourage people to use public transport. UTTIPEC has also proposed removal of encroachment by second-hand car dealers and hawkers along Vikas Marg. On-street parking will be provided beyond 300 m from the Metro stations on the stretch,but will not be allowed beyond two hours. Short-term parking for vehicles will be made very expensive,to discourage it, Bhattacharjee said. Vikas Marg and other major zones within 500 m of Metro stations will be re-designed,with amenities for pedestrians,non-motorised transport and public transport users. Parking management zone will include all roads located within 500 m radius from Laxmi Nagar,Nirman Vihar and Preet Vihar Metro stations, he said. Three proposed parking management zones have been proposed in this area. For off-street parking,the first zone will include Lalita Park,DDA land and the Laxmi Nagar DDA Seed Bed Park. Zone two will have V3S Mall and district centre,while zone three will be Preet Vihar district centre. On-street parking will have provision for 115 cars,while off-street stack parking will substantially increase the number of cars in the same area, an official said. At Seed Bed Park,a parking complex will come up alongside the proposed mixed used development site. Parking sites for non-motorised vehicles and two-wheelers will also be provided in all these zones,along with space for short-term parking along Vikas Marg. V3S Mall and district centre has eight parking lots,with equal car space (ECS) for 320 vehicles,which will be increased to ECS for 757 vehicles after three-stack parking lots come up in this area. While Preet Vihar district centre has four parking lots. The proposal is to convert these into stack parking lots,and increase ECS from 237 to 634. The stack parking lots will be funded and constructed by Delhi Development Authority. This stack parking plan need final clearance from the L-G office before work can be started. The improvement of Vikas Marg has already been discussed and approved in parts before, an official said.
