In 2017 and the first quarter of 2018, introduced new parking meters around Stockholm. One of the areas that got the parking fees was Bromma, where the gatuparkeringen was previously free.
After the decision began gatuparkeringen cost of sek 5 per hour on weekdays between 07 and 19. The aim was, according to the municipality, to improve accessibility and to the number of available parking places would be more.
already in June 2016, but after the introduction appealed against the decision of a person. The county administrative board rejected the first appeal, but it was taken further to the transport agency, which now goes to the complainant’s line.
Read more: more Expensive p-fined in Stockholm next year
It was not right to introduce fees in Bromma and now overruled the decision, according to the Swedish transport agency.
the Municipality has not justified its decisions in such a way that the transport agency can determine whether fees needed for traffic management. One can understand that the municipality’s intentions are to increase the accessibility and higher turnover of parking spaces for certain groups of road users. There are several different ways to achieve such a purpose, ” says Lars Hammar, investigators on the Road and rail at the Swedish transport agency in a statement.
Read more: 1.000 p-automata in Stockholm stopped working
should the municipality have taken into account a law from 1957 which says that the municipality may not levy a fee for street parking unless the parking lot is trafikstörande. In the municipality’s decision to introduce the charges, then the decision and alternative solutions to be better justified, according to the Swedish transport agency.
parking charges in large parts of the Bromma has been taken away already in the morning. In the coming days, the city of Stockholm to go out and check over the signs with the parkeringsregler and come out with more info about the no parking fee.
(MP) called the decision for the surprising. According to him, saw not the municipality the decision to come, especially since the County administrative board in the past have gone on the same line as the municipality.
“I think that it is unexpected and it is a pity because the purpose of the outdoor parking area has is to create better accessibility for all modes of transport,” he says.
despite the fact that a number of areas had introduced the parking fee will not charge to be abolished there, even if those decisions were taken on the same justifications as the transport board rejected as insufficient in the case of Bromma.
– Assessment of the Traffic do is we made a correct assessment when we developed the strategy, and that it is sufficient to justify it being made on the sites. It was also the county administrative board’s assessment. We bedömar that all decisions are correct, and then there is no reason to look at the others, ” says Daniel Helldén.
– this only relates to Bromma. It is in Bromma as a single person appealed. It is the specific list of decisions on individual streets that the transport agency does not thought was true, ” says Daniel Helldén.
in Total, 289 various local traffic laws.
