Motorists in Al Ain will have to pay for parking starting August 1, the Integrated Transport Centre announced on Sunday.
The Mawaqif installation is part of efforts to resolve the city's parking problem, which is due to due to the growing population and significant increase in the number of registered vehicles, the centre said.
Mohammed Hamad Al Muhairi, deputy general Manager of the Integrated Transport Centre and head of Traffic and Parking Team, said the Mawaqif paid-parking scheme would help ease the shortage of parking spaces in some of Al Ain’s congested areas. It would also help stop the misuse of limited parking spots and improve the overall aesthetic appearance of Al Ain city, he said.
Work has begun on painting Mawaqif parking spots and installing paid parking meters.
At present 121 parking machines have been installed at certain Al Ain districts for the first phase of the implementation. The scheme will be introduced in the following districts in the city centre: 1,376 in A Qasedah, 1,175 in Al Rabenah, 1,107 in Al Nawas, 1,166 in Al Hamirah and 867 in Al Salamah districts.
To apply for a resident parking permit, residents must submit a passport copy with a valid residency visa, tenancy contract, last utility bill and proof of vehicle ownership.
Homeowners, tenants and their families are all eligible for the virtual permits.
Residents will be allowed two annual parking permits per household which cost Dh800 for the first car and Dh1,200 for a second one.
Each permit is specific to the vehicle and the sector in which it will be parked.
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Iran's dirty tricks to dodge sanctions
There’s increased scrutiny on the tricks being used to keep commodities flowing to and from blacklisted countries. Here’s a description of how some work.
1 Going Dark
A common method to transport Iranian oil with stealth is to turn off the Automatic Identification System, an electronic device that pinpoints a ship’s location. Known as going dark, a vessel flicks the switch before berthing and typically reappears days later, masking the location of its load or discharge port.
2. Ship-to-Ship Transfers
A first vessel will take its clandestine cargo away from the country in question before transferring it to a waiting ship, all of this happening out of sight. The vessels will then sail in different directions. For about a third of Iranian exports, more than one tanker typically handles a load before it’s delivered to its final destination, analysts say.
3. Fake Destinations
Signaling the wrong destination to load or unload is another technique. Ships that intend to take cargo from Iran may indicate their loading ports in sanction-free places like Iraq. Ships can keep changing their destinations and end up not berthing at any of them.
4. Rebranded Barrels
Iranian barrels can also be rebranded as oil from a nation free from sanctions such as Iraq. The countries share fields along their border and the crude has similar characteristics. Oil from these deposits can be trucked out to another port and documents forged to hide Iran as the origin.
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