MONTEGO BAY, St James — As part of a wider thrust to make Montego Bay a smart city, the St James Municipal Corporation last Thursday officially commissioned its first automated car park.

It cost the corporation approximately $4 million to make the technological upgrades needed to transform the public facility on Harbour Street into one that is expected to be a lot more efficient.

“What is here now is an automated parking system that will cut out the use of paper, like writing receipts,” explained Nicholas Thompson, a representative of Innovative Core Solutions which worked on the project.