Parking woes dog council and public
hey, this isn't a dog story per say, but the word DOG appears in the title, and besides, I love to read about how our City Council wastes my taxes.
Problems with new parking machines and public resistance to higher fees have left a $600,000 hole in the Christchurch City Council's coffers.
The council's financial report for the past quarter says parking income is $600,000 behind budget.
The council introduced new pay-and-display machines and higher fees – up from $2 to $2.50 an hour – in July.
Council transport and greenspace unit manager Michael Aitken said most of the revenue drop occurred because of technical problems with the 400 new machines, which cost $3.6 million to introduce.
Problems included tickets issued with wrong times and dates and tickets not being issued at all.
Aitken said the council was still negotiating with the machine supplier over the lost income.
There was public resistance to the increased on-street parking fees and there had been a small drop in revenue from parking buildings, where fees had gone up slightly. MORE>>
Problems with new parking machines and public resistance to higher fees have left a $600,000 hole in the Christchurch City Council's coffers.
The council's financial report for the past quarter says parking income is $600,000 behind budget.
The council introduced new pay-and-display machines and higher fees – up from $2 to $2.50 an hour – in July.
Council transport and greenspace unit manager Michael Aitken said most of the revenue drop occurred because of technical problems with the 400 new machines, which cost $3.6 million to introduce.
Problems included tickets issued with wrong times and dates and tickets not being issued at all.
Aitken said the council was still negotiating with the machine supplier over the lost income.
There was public resistance to the increased on-street parking fees and there had been a small drop in revenue from parking buildings, where fees had gone up slightly. MORE>>
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