Filenews 1 September 2021 - by Dora Christodoulou
The infrastructure for the operation in the next quarter of smart parking in all organized parking areas in the Municipality of Paphos has now been installed and the Municipality is now proceeding with the operation of one of the most innovative projects on a pancyprian level, which will lead the city to the new digital era.
The company that has undertaken the project has installed, over the past three days, the sensors of the smart management system in the parking lots and the parking spaces in the city. The project of installing and maintaining a smart parking management system has a total budget of approximately €916,000 and will have an implementation duration of 7 months for its supply, installation and operation and 8 years for its maintenance. It is implemented in full coordination with the Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy and has been selected for funding from the European Funds.
The project involves the management of 3,300 parking spaces in organized areas and bystands using sensors at each location. The sensor subsoil will recognize that a vehicle has been parked at that point and will send a signal to the management system. There, it will be revealed whether the payment of the relevant fee was made electronically and, if not, a signal will be sent after a few minutes to the traffic policemen of the Municipality of Paphos that in the specific numbered position a vehicle has been parked for which the relevant fee has not been paid.
There will be a mobile application through which the public will be informed about the available parking spaces at their points of interest when approaching a parking area, the distance that is the nearest available parking point, as well as the payment of parking fees.
The Mayor of Pafos, Phaedon Phaedonos, estimated that with the application of this pioneering technology, the revenues of the municipal authority from parking within the municipal boundaries will soar beyond €1million per year, instead of the current €200-300,000.
