Biz Buzz: Naia parking saga continues

If you thought the parking drama at the country’s main gateway is over, you’re in for a ride.

Although higher overnight parking fees at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) had already been implemented, there are 20 cars that have been overstaying in “various parking facilities,” possibly incurring hundreds of thousands of pesos in fees.

In fact, these vehicles have been sitting in the parking lots since 2014, according to New Naia Infra Corp. (NNIC).

“These abandoned vehicles are taking up space that should be available for passengers,” NNIC said in a statement on Thursday. “They are also a security and safety concern, especially in their deteriorating states.”

NNIC, the private sector consortium in charge of rehabilitating Naia, has gone as far as waiving fees to “encourage owners” to reclaim these cars.

They just need to show proof of ownership (perhaps the mighty OR/CR?) and valid identification to get their vehicles back—if they’re still even capable of starting.

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Should the owners opt not to claim them after an unspecified “grade period,” the cars will be towed and impounded at government facilities, NNIC said.

Will somebody actually come get them? Let’s see! After all, owners won’t have to pay the hefty fees, unlike the rest of us.