Parking made easier with SMS

A NEW and easier way for drivers to pay for parking in Nicosia is via SMS according to Nicosia Municipality.

Nicosia Mayor Eleni Mavrou said the municipality had “put technology at the public’s disposal” in an effort “to improve the current system in municipal parking areas and streets where there are parking meters.”

All drivers need to do is send their car registration details to a 4-digit number that corresponds to whatever parking area they are in. They will then receive an SMS with a receipt number, the length of time they have been parked and the parking fee, which is then added to their monthly phone bill.

Ten minutes before the parking time is up drivers will receive an SMS which will allow them to extend their parking time if they wish, and if the parking area that they are in allows it.

This convenient way to pay is available to anyone that parks either on a parking metre, on a street belonging to the Nicosia Municipality where there is a pay-and-display machine and public parking lots, for example the D’Avila moat, Tripoli and even the car park at the municipal swimming pool.

For parking metres in the Municipality of Nicosia and roads with pay and display machines send an SMS to 9211, for D’Avila, Tripoli, Constanza, Podokataro, Mikonos, Grivas Dighenis, Pentadaktylos, Costis Palama and the children’s play area under Solomou Square send to 9212, for Ledra-Ariadne and Phaneromi send to 9213, for Solonos Street parking area send to 9215 and for the parking area at the Municipal Swimming Pool send to 9216.

The service SMS4Parking is available to all Cytamobile-Vodaphone and MTN subscribers.

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