…as employees vehicles clamped

SMART City Solutions (SCS) clamped the wheels of vehicles belonging to employees of Bank of Guyana (BoG) on Thursday on the grounds that the vehicles were double parked. Public Relations Officer of SCS, Kit Nascimento disclosed that the employees breached the By-Laws by doubling parking outside the bank on Avenue of the Republic.
Employees of the Bank questioned the company’s authority to clamp the wheels of vehicles which are parked in areas not demarcated as a parking meter spot. In response, Nascimento indicated that apart from being tasked with enforcing the laws pertaining to the parking meters, Smart City Solutions is also in charge of ensuring that all traffic bylaws are abided by.
Any vehicle which has not paid for parking or has exceeded the paid time will have their wheel clamped by a tyre booting device. This can be done whether the vehicle owner is present or not.
A fine of $8000 plus VAT will have to be paid in order to unlock the vehicle. If the fine is not paid within two hours, the vehicle will be towed to an impound lot. The fine would then be $12,000 plus any VAT applicable.
The by-laws were drafted after the city’s administration and National Parking Systems/ Smart City Solutions (NPS/SCS) had signed a contract for the installation of parking meters around the city.