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LOCAL Wednesday 3 May 2023

Minister Ursell Arends implements Aruparking again starting May

2nd, 2023

As the minister of Transport, Mr. Ursell Arends, has already indicated in an Our reporter also asked him if there will be new meters placed in parking
earlier press conference, Aruparking will be implemented once again zones or if the old once will all be fixed. To this, the minister replied: “There
starting from May 2nd of this year. This time, however, there will be a will be functioning meters in all parking zones, whether it be new ones or
slight change in the parking system in the down town Oranjestad area, the ones that are already there,” he explained.
especially in the city center.

During the press conference, which took play back in April, Minister Ar-
ends confirmed that Aruparking would be reintroduced in the month of
May: “the goal is to reinstate Aruparking this coming May. There is still
some final details that need to be finalized, but we are very close to
reactivating Aruparking in the down town area,” he stated at that time.

Besides that, he added that there will be more parking spaces in the
city center and at the same time, he announced that all yellow parking
spaces—which usually was meant for private parking—will now be open
to the public: “That would also bring a huge relief to our community,” he
remarked.

On the official Facebook page of Aruparking, a video was posted in
which the institution had indicated that starting May 2nd, Aruparking will
indeed be reactivated. The concept, according to the video, includes
paying two Aruban florins to park everywhere that is marked. This small
sum can be paid cash at the parking meters or online through pay.aw.

In terms of the parking meters of Aruparking, our reported had previously
asked the minister back in March about the meters that are currently out
of order. At that time, the minister replied: “Aruparking is currently in the
process of making these parking meters operational again.”