Casablanca: The end of wild speed bumps and "chairs" to reserve parking spots!

Faced with the proliferation of homemade "speed bumps" and improvised barriers, the local authorities have launched a study to regulate public space. These wild installations, built without authorization, hinder traffic and regularly damage vehicles in many districts of the economic capital.

The draft decision, which will be submitted at the next municipal session, formally prohibits the installation of any obstacle to appropriate the public road. Whether it is stones, chains, planters or cement structures, the objective is to put an end to the practice of improperly transforming portions of the street into private parking lots.

The municipal administrative police will be responsible for recording offenses by official report. Identified offenders will receive a written warning before the removal of the obstacles at their expense. Seized objects, such as barrels, chairs or metal barricades, will be systematically sent to the municipal pound in coordination with the local authorities.

This regulatory offensive responds to a massive increase in complaints related to the growing pressure on parking in certain neighborhoods. In the absence of a legal basis, some residents had granted themselves the right to make their own law, degrading the urban aesthetics and safety to the detriment of the general interest.