Muscat gets more metered parking lots

Oman Sunday 01/January/2023 10:44 AM
By: Times News Service
Muscat gets more metered parking lots
Photo by - Muscat Municipality

Muscat: Muscat Municipality has activated new metered parking lots at a number of sites in the governorate from Sunday, January 1,2023.

Pursuant to administrative decision 151/2016 issuing the regulation governing the use of public parking lots in Muscat, and intending to enhance traffic flow across the governorate Muscat Municipality wishes to announce that the following parking lots will be added as metered parking lots, effective January 1st 2023 :

 1- The parking lots near the building of the Directorate General of Labour Welfare of the Ministry of Labour in Ruwi.

2- The new car parks at Al Khoud souq and the ones behind Ooredoo store.

Beneficiaries can reserve parking via SMS by sending an SMS to 90091 containing the car number and code and the time period required (multiples of 30 to a maximum of 300 minutes). Then the beneficiary will receive a confirmation SMS which contains the ticket number, car number and code, date and time of the reservation. If the beneficiary needs to extend the time period he/she should send another SMS to 90091 following the same steps.

Users can use Baladiyeti app to reserve a car park for hours and can also obtain or renew a parking permit or inquire about or pay fines. Beneficiaries can visit Muscat Municipality website http://www.mm.gov.om/ to obtain or renew a parking permit or to inquire about or pay fines.