Deputy Mayor: raising the price of parking on ‘red lines’ in Yerevan helped avoid ‘shameful situation’
YEREVAN, 24 December. /ARKA/. Yerevan Vice-Mayor Suren Grigoryan defended today the Council of Elders’ decision to raise the price of parking on the capital city’s streets that came into effect in January 2024, alleging that’ if the price had not been raised, the city would have had a shameful situation’.
Paid parking on the city's streets are marked by red lines. The city is divided into zones. For example, zone A covers the downtown- in total about 40 streets and avenues, where parking is more expensive.
Grigor Iskandaryan, a member of the Council of Elders from the opposition Mother Armenia faction, recalled today that recently the Administrative Court had invalidated the increase of parking prices, but the Municipality continues to charge for car parking. He also noted that contrary to the position of the city authorities, the increase in the price of parking did not lead to easing of traffic in the capital.
In response, Grigoryan said that the mayor's office does not agree with the court decision, which has not yet entered into force, and intends to challenge it.
‘I am sure that if the decision on the ‘red lines’ had not been made, an ugly situation would have developed now. Even at the time, we repeatedly asked, urged not to portray this decision as a means to completely relieve traffic. We said that this was one of a set of solutions,’ Grigoryan said, adding that the prices are based on a clear economic calculation.
On 19 December 2024, the Administrative Court declared the increase of parking prices in Yerevan invalid, the Municipality intends to file an appeal.
From 1 January 2024, increased parking prices were set in Yerevan, calculated depending on the zones of the city. In zone ‘A’ the parking prices were set at AMD 300 per hour, AMD 2,000 per day, AMD 5,000 per week, AMD 18,000 per month and AMD 160,000 per year.
In zone ‘B’ the parking prices were set at 200 drams per hour, 1,000 drams per day, 2,000 drams per week, 4,000 drams per month and 24,000 drams per year.
