VEHICLES parked in undesignated areas and/or caught obstructing traffic flow will be slapped higher fines beginning Monday, Dec. 17, after the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) published on Dec. 12 the related guidelines under Regulation No. 18-008. The new rates are P1,000 for an “Attended Illegally-Parked” vehicle, which means a driver is present within or outside the car, and P2,000 for those unattended. The old rates were P200 and P500, respectively. In either case, the vehicle “may still be subject to towing and impounding as the circumstances may warrant,” according to the regulation. The fine for “obstruction on public roads” is P1,000, which may be imposed on top of the illegal parking fee. The old rate was P150. The MMDA regulation was approved by the policy-making body Metro Manila Council last Dec. 7.

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