The CTTMO collects P5 million in parking fees

However, Dionisio Abude, Chief of the CTTMO, stated that this is less than their target of at least P20 million from public pay parking due to the pandemic in 2020-2021.

“It so happened that in April and May nag-lockdown ta in two months, mao tong revenue sa public pay parking almost P10 million lang, so succeeding na ni siya, mao ni atong nakita (we had a lockdown for two months, that's why our revenue from the public pay parking is just almost P10 million),” Abude said in an interview during the AFP-PNP Press Conference on July 20, 2022.

He also stated that there are areas where parking fees were not collected, resulting in a P3 million loss.

That the lack of street coverage was also a factor in their inability to collect the forecasted amount, which cost them P3 million.

“Naligtaan namo nga during implementation that kanang CM Recto to City Hall Drive is wala ta naka-implement because gina-consider na siya nga maximum security square, in fact gipangtanggal namo ang mga signages (We were not able to implement the pay parking from CM Recto to City Hall Drive because it was considered as maximum security square. In fact, we removed all the signages in the areas),” Abude said.

Furthermore, Abude stated that ongoing construction and underground cabling has hampered their collection.

However, Abude stated that they are optimistic about exceeding P10 million this year.

“Probably, niabot naman ta og level 1 medyo nitaas-taas na siya, so mosaka gyud ni siya from P10 million to P11 million (since we are already under [alert] level 1, our collection has increased and, most likely, by the end of this year we could achieve P11 million in collected fees),” Abude said.

According to Abude, Davao City currently has 11 public pay parking spaces. However, the city's Traffic Code requires that there be 15 public pay parking spaces.

Due to a lack of funds, Abude stated that they were unable to establish all 15. At the moment, they can only spend money on existing pay parking lots. Funds are allocated for the salary of public pay parking enforcers, signages, and the marking of parking slots, among others.