Following recommendations contained within the Sustainable, Traffic, Transport, and Parking Plan, a new Pay and Display zone will be established on Bayside Road.

The initiative will provide short-term parking within a much frequented area popular to users of the sporting amenities within the Victoria Sports Complex and the Tercentenary Hall together with users of other amenities of the immediate area, within Ocean Village, Marina Bay, the World Trade Centre and visitors to Glacis Estate and other nearby residential areas.

The new parking facility will also provide free overnight parking to visitors and residents of the area.

The Pay and Display parking bays will be operational between the hours of 09:00 to 19:00hrs Monday to Friday and 10:00 to 14:00hrs on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays. Free parking is permitted at all other hours.

The Government says that the introduction of Pay and Display areas throughout Gibraltar are in keeping with the recommendations of the plan and aim to provide essential turnaround and access to areas of high parking demand. They also provide parking opportunities to visitors and those not part of the residential parking zones in the immediate area.

The Minister for Infrastructure and Planning, Paul Balban, said:

“I am very pleased to be able to announce a Pay and Display Zone in this very busy and frequently visited recreational area of Gibraltar as part of the Sustainable Traffic, Transport and Parking Plan. It is expected that this area of parking dedicated for this purpose will be much welcomed by residents and visitors of the area.”

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