It is always difficult to find a parking space in Georgetown, Penang especially during the holiday season partly due to Georgetown being listed as No. 4 on Lonely Planet's best cities for travelling.
Do you know that currently, in some area of Penang, you must pay for parking fees even on a weekend (inclusive of Sunday) with a parking coupon and that the parking rate is 40 cents per half hour?
Currently, when you park your vehicle, you will need to check for these signboards to ensure you don’t get a “saman”, the parking ticket.
Red Sign: Charges are available from 9 am to 9 pm daily (Inclusive of weekends).
Green Sign: Mon-Fri from 9 am to 5 pm and Saturday 9 am to 1 pm.
Blue Sign : Mon-Sat 9 am-9pm, Sundays and Public Holidays are free of charge.
However, in some places, the parking charges starts from 7am to 12am midnight.
The good news is, the City hall is planning to implement a unified parking fee system, starting from next year (2017). The parking fees will be charged only from Monday to Saturday, from 8 am to 6 pm (including public holidays), and free on Sundays.
However, the bad news is that there will be seven more roads where a parking fee will be required, which are Jalan Logan, Jalan Asmansoor, Jalan Ariffin, Jalan Seang Tek, Jalan Utama, Jalan Servis next to Jalan Perak and Jalan Van Praagh.
Original article translated from Sin Chew
If you have a parking space or looking for a parking space, then LetParking will be the perfect app for you the next time you travel to Penang.