Casablanca Considers Parking Meters to Combat Illegal Attendants

Media sources reported the information at the beginning of this week, indicating that new parking meters would be installed and already operational on the corniche and the surroundings of Ain Diab in order to address the problem of car attendants who operate without authorization and impose a minimum rate of 10 dirhams. The decision will gradually be extended to other neighborhoods of the city, the same sources said, adding that this measure, if effective, would allow the municipality to replenish its coffers.

But this decision has never been made, assures a city authority, contacted by H24info. "Listen. I am the vice-president in charge of managing this sector. I am not aware of it," said Houssine Nasrallah, the second vice-president of the Casablanca city hall, stating that the information is "false."

The information has nevertheless inflamed the web. On Facebook, Internet users did not fail to thank the municipal authorities for having made the decision to place "Free Parking" signs in yellow along the parking lots of the Ain Diab corniche. Pages dedicated to the "Boycott of moul gilet (Boycott of car attendants)," even relayed the information and hailed this initiative.

Other Internet users, on the other hand, disapproved of this decision to put an end to the diktat of car attendants by replacing them with parking meters, believing that this measure could lead to the return of the "boot."