Transport chiefs say they have no plans to introduce new measures to solve the traffic problems in Central, despite suggestions from police that using their officers to monitor parking problems is a waste of resources.
A crackdown on illegal parking in Central last month involving more than 400 officers saw a rise in the issuance of parking tickets. But a police source said this would not solve the problem in the long term.
On one day last month police also issued 302 tickets in Kowloon East for illegal parking and other parking offences.
The source believed there were better ways of tackling the issue that would leave officers free to deal with more urgent concerns.
'The erection of parking meters in Central would greatly help and make certain parking legal, which would take the pressure off,' the source said.
'The government could employ more traffic wardens to cover these particular areas. This job could even be delegated to the private sector and have certain companies enforcing these laws instead of traffic wardens. This happens a lot in some British cities.'
