RT President: We are ready to offer extra interesting conditions for construction of paid parking
16 April 2011, Saturday
Tatarstan authorities are ready to offer the following conditions for new projects of multi-level parking in Kazan - full long-term discharge from some tax payments, free network connection, legislative stimulation of parking use by car owners. Measures on stimulating construction of such important objects were discussed at a meeting in RT Cabinet held by RT President Rustam Minnikhanov.
Rustam Minnikhanov accompanied by Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov and Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin detoured a number of sites where multi-level parking is to be constructed.
Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin informed that executive committee on the city offered 12 areas for constructing parking sites for 9,5 thousand places. The map of parking locations is introduced on portal of RT Government. According to assessments of Mayor’s office daily 10,5 thousand cars park by the roadside in the centre of Kazan.
Rustam Minnikhanov emphasized necessity of constructing multi-level parks in Kazan.
In order to attract investors for construction of multi-level parks Tatarstan authorities are ready to offer unprecedented conditions for realization of such projects.
Rustam Minnikhanov offered to exempt parks from land and property taxes for 15 years, decrease income tax and provide free network connection. RT President gave Mayor’s office and RT Government assignment to define benefits till the end of April, set limits for projects pretending to receive these benefits and work out measures for stimulating car owners to use car parks.
Rustam Minnikhanov proposed to form parking prices within a single tariff policy, he asked Mayor’s office and State committee on tariffs to discuss the policy with potential investors.
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