Income from parking tickets is likely to be one third of the Tauranga City Council's $4.5 million expected total parking revenue this financial year.
Tauranga ticket payers have so far paid $1.53 million in fines this financial year and are on track to reach $1.6 million by June 30.
A TCC parking meter.
The year to date figure is $80,000 more than last year.
Parking wardens have written $930,000 in tickets in the central city area, $280,000 at Mount Maunganui and $180,000 in Greerton.
More than 60 per cent of the tickets are for parking fines, about one third are for no WOF or registration or illegal use of bus lanes.
The information was presented by council staff as part of their deliberations on the parking management plan.
2 comments
parking
Posted on 10-05-2010 13:03 | By Colleen Spiro
This is arrogant that the council is on TARGET to reach 1.6m in parking fines by June. They hurt the people that try and continue to support their businesses. I only go to Greerton (who has a realistic 2hr shopping car park), Fraser Cove, Bayfair, Cherrywood, Bureta, Brookfield, Gate Pa and all the areas without parking metres......
Do the Numbers
Posted on 10-05-2010 20:04 | By Pat
1.6 mill 6 max 8 parking wardens couple of office staff some paper pens uniforms etc etc , Total cost a 500 thou max 3/4 mill a year....Add the money put in the meters and theres people are a bonus to rate payers ...They keep our rates down . imagine what rates would be without these people ...And I hate them as much as everyone else who get to many fines but they are good for the city
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