The court annulled the agreement on paid parking at the Ryazan-1 station

The Arbitration Court of the Ryazan region on the claim of the Prosecutor’s Office of the Ryazan region declared invalid the investment agreement on the operation of paid parking at the Ryazan-1 railway station. The defendants in the case were the city administration and the operator company.

During the proceedings, the court found that the transfer of the station area to a private firm was held without mandatory bidding. Under the guise of an investment agreement, an ordinary lease was actually issued, since the document did not involve capital investments from the operator and did not bring real benefits to the municipality. The judges concluded that such actions violate the norms of the Land Code and the law on the protection of competition. In fact, the parking operator received municipal preferences bypassing the established procedure, which harmed the public interest.

The company was obliged to vacate the territory on the station square and dismantle the installed equipment.

The decision has not entered into legal force and can be appealed.