Oman

More areas in Muscat included in paid parking zone

 
Muscat: More areas will be included for paid in the Governorate of Muscat from March 6, 2022. The areas include the parking lots around the the new Al-Khoudh Market, behind Ooredoo Store, Sultan Mosque in Ruwi and Sultan Qaboos Street in Al Khuwair South - opposite commercial buildings.

The decision was taken In view of the the increase in the number of vehicles, and to eliminate the issue of abandoing vehicles in free parking slots, which causes disruption traffic confusion and distortion of the public landscape.

The parking fees will be charged between 8 am and 1 pm and from 4 pm to 9 pm - except for Fridays, Saturdays and official holidays that are announced by the concerned authorities.



Muscat Municipality urged the users to depend on the mobile parking reservation service.

The users can reserve the vehicle parking via SMS by sending the number and code of the vehicle and the number of minutes required (between 30 minutes and maximum 300 minutes) to 90091.

If the user wants to extend the time, he has to send another message to he number 90091 and follow the same previous steps And to inquire about the remaining time, the beneficiary can send the word “time” to 90091. The cost of each parking via text message is 110 Bz for 30.