Ronda will implement the orange zone in large areas of the city center

The Ronda City Council will prioritize its residents in the use of parking spaces in the downtown area, through the implementation of new measures that will favor parking for Ronda residents on a total of 21 streets in this part of the city.

The municipal traffic delegate, Jorge Fernández, announced these new measures this Thursday, which will free up about one thousand parking spaces on these streets. Ronda residents, vehicles fiscally registered in the city, will be able to park for free with no time limit, while visitors will have to pay one euro per hour, up to a maximum of three, using parking meters.

This area will be called the orange zone and will include the following streets: Mariano Soubirón, Infantes, Naranja, Cruz Verde, Almendra, Setenil, María Cabrera, Virgen de los Dolores, Santa Cecilia, Sevilla, Lauría, Pozo, Molino, Los Remedios, Poeta Rilke, Carlos Cobo, San José, Jerez, Castelló Madrid, Comandante Salvador Carrasco, and Ollerías.

Additionally, in La Ciudad and the neighborhood of Padre Jesús, as already established, parking will be reserved for residents. This area will be called the green zone and will be the only ones existing throughout the urban area.

The municipal traffic delegate explained that these measures “will favor parking for residents, workers, and local businesses,” adding that their approval will be brought to the next ordinary plenary session and that they will come into effect over the next year. “We want parking in the center to stop being an ordeal, this area is not about taking away spaces, it is about providing spaces, rotation, and priority to Ronda residents,” he added.

Fernández also mentioned that an underground parking will be created in the center, with three levels and a large plaza on the surface; offering around 500 spaces and that another large capacity parking (also around half a thousand spaces) will be built in the San Francisco neighborhood.

He also highlighted the launch of Ronda's Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (PMUS) and the measure that regulates traffic on the axis between Armiñán street, the New Bridge, and Virgen de la Paz street, which also prioritizes Ronda residents, allowing them transit through it.