Hospital car park in need of signage

Charles Micallef

Dec 13th 2008, 15:16

The positive side of this car park is that it is the best accessible car park on the Island by far.

The negative is that someone has forgotten that people parking their cars for the first time in this car park tend to get dis-orientated.

It does need a sign displaying each level, ie, Level 1, Level 2 etc, at various areas.

It is quite simple when one visit on a regular basis, but the administrators must remember that a lot of people who visit the hospital are to sat the least are suffering from some shock and trauma, most have just been informed that some of their friends or relations have been admitted to hospital, which is worrying in the first instance and hence some are not thinking straight............

It also needs a ticket machine on each level as when one machine is being replenished, a long queue forms at the only other machine.

The idea that one reserved Level 1 to staff is to say the least a bit thoughtless.....and should be re-assigned.

A.Sacco

Dec 13th 2008, 14:59

Ok, our car parks may not be as large as some found abroad (especially in large shopping centres etc) but still one can easily get confused about the whereabouts of his/her car at Mater Dei. So why not introduce colour schemes like they do abroad, so you get a green level, red level, brown level, blue level etc. In addition you could also have an easily remembered name to each level. Does that involve moving the earth?

J.A.Agius

Dec 13th 2008, 11:40

Spot on; but more serious are not having a ticket machine on every floor and, much more so the very high tariff.