![]() ![]() That however has already been accounted for, with this handy map of all the entry and exit points in the city. But even in the case of a five hundred-year old city with high walls outlining its edges, not everyone will agree where exactly Valetta ends and Floriana begins, especially when it comes to the beautiful art of nitpicking to avoid paying a penalty. That’s all well and good…but where exactly in Valletta does the CVA apply? For even more information on the system-including exemption procedures and how to pay tariffs-check out the CVA’s website.ĥ. If you drive an electric car, a motorcycle or an awesome combination of both, you’ll also automatically be exempted from the payment scheme.Ĭlearly, even though the CVA was put in place to regulate the negative repurcussiosn of having Valetta be a highly traffic congested zone, it still allows visitors to make the most out of your beautiful capital city. More recently, a system was put in place whereby parking was also made free for entrances after 2pm between Monday and Friday and all day long on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays. Beyond that, it’s 82c per hour, with a maximum charge of €6.52 daily. An admittedly pretty tiny fee, but a tariff nonetheless, so it’s good to know what rates we’re talking about here.Īccess for the first 30 minutes is free of charge, which is good news if you’re looking to pop by for a very quick errand. And when is it necessary? Well, that’s where the blue parkings’ times come in.ĭuring the day is when more cars are obviously going to want to park in Valletta, and that’s why more parking bays (400 more, actually) are available to everyone between 6am and 6pm. Parking in those times, however, comes at a fee. In a nutshell, it’s a impressive system using Automatic Number Pate Reading (ANPR) technology on over a dozen cameras placed around Valletta that not only identify vehicles entering and leaving the city, but as a result of that calculate their length of stay, issuing a bill where necessary. Something we’ve heard countless times before. Also, if you were wondering, there should be around 400 blue parking spaces in Valletta. Think of it as a sort of combination of white and green, depending on who needs it the most when. Makes sense that’s the time people would be going back home to eventually sleep, and the last thing you’d want if you live in Valletta and are heading back home is to go on a parking-hunt.įrom 6am to 6pm (which pretty much covers most working days), any car can use a blue parking bay, which is great and very useful for the people who work in the capital city. Basically, from 6pm to 6am, blue bays are reserved for residents. Ok, so, it’s not as complicated as it sounds. Blue is a combination of both, depending on the time. Heads up there should be 100 of these parking bays in Valletta, if anyone wants to go on a counting spree. Cue the inevitable begrudging nods as you spot an empty parking space at night and prepare to swoop in to claim it, only to catch the faint green lines at the very last second. If you’re not a resident, this parking space is pretty much as good as a garage you can’t park. Green is only for Valletta residents, all the time. Nothing to see or learn here really – if you’re looking for a parking space and you see an empty white one, no matter what time it is, go for it! 2. Pretty obvious, but if we’re covering everything, we want to make sure we’re starting from the basics. ![]() ![]() First, let’s start simple: White parking spaces are for everyone, all the time. So we’ve broken down the entire system for you, along with information about different coloured parking spaces and other useful tips: 1. To top it all off, some of the rules surrounding the system have changed over the last decade. To put that into perspective for you, this system we currently have in place which not everyone is 100% familiar with was introduced back when we were still using Maltese Lira and the old City Gate was still around. Next May will mark the ten year anniversary of the Controlled Vehicular Access system in Valletta, and yet, we meet so many people who still aren’t quite sure what to exactly do when looking into accessing Valletta by car.
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