Managing Director Eeva Jauro considers it important to improve the ease of use in car parks.
For example, in the case of the Ranta-Kartano car park, he says, they are considering whether to install barriers at the entrances or whether new systems and applications could enable access without barriers.
The best solution could be replicated in other car parks.
– Parking is part of everyday life, and it cannot be something that annoys or annoys, but it should be as neutral and easy as possible, and that’s what we are looking for,” says Jauro.
In Lahti, we have to think about organizing parking, for example, on Sairaalanmäki and in the travel center. The future of the Siltapuisto parking garage is still open.
Jauro, who started his job at the beginning of March, states that the future needs of motorists must be anticipated in the construction of parking garages. He reminds that many people still do business in the county center by car, so the situation is different from, for example, in Helsinki, where, for example, public transport plays a bigger role.
– So many people from Lahti have cars that the need for parking spaces will not decrease quickly.
Toripark occupancy rate on the rise after the interest rate hike
CEO of the parking company owned by the city of Lahti, Eeva Jauro, believes that large parking facilities should also pay for themselves through payments from users. Construction cannot be done at the expense of Lahti taxpayers.
– Lahti Parking builds parking facilities, and if you think about Toriparkki, for example, the income from use has well covered loan repayments, interest and maintenance. Of course, in this situation, where operating costs are rising due to inflation, you have to be careful.
The utilization rate of Lahti Toripark has increased since the corona, and it is already approaching the level of 2019. In 2022, the amount of parking under the market increased by five percent from 2021.
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