[size=85:10xh1ldr]novinite 12 May 2010
Sofia Ups Fees for Blue Zone Parking in Autumn
Months after the bye-elections for mayor in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, the municipality has confirmed plans for a hike in the fee for parking in the blue zones, to be enforced in the autumn.
“It is not our aim to just take more money from Sofia citizens, but to bring order in the parking lots and ease the traffic,” assured Nikolay Stoynev, head of the economic commission with the city parliament.
According to reports the fee for an hour's stay in the blue parking zones in downtown Sofia will increase from BGN 1 to BGN 3. To this the mobile operators add the price of the sent text message, except Vivacom, which does not charge the SMS fee.
Fees for parking in the green and yellow zones in Sofia have reportedly been set at BGN 2 and BGN 1 per hour respectively.
All who want to pay their parking fees in a hassle-free way have to send a text message to number 1302 for subscribers of the three mobile operators Mtel, Globul and Vivacom.
After sending the SMS, the person gets a reply that the payment was successful. Five minutes before the pre-paid hour elapses, the subscriber receives a notification.