The City of Melbourne will introduce sweeping changes to the way its car parks operate, with Lord Mayor Sally Capp saying the new rules will increase revenue by $2.7 million.

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The proposed changes will ditch free parking on Sundays, and have parking meters in operation until 10pm instead of 8:30pm.

One and four-hour parking zones will also be scrapped, replaced by two-hour parking bays across the city.

The first 15 minutes in each park will be free.

Cr Capp told Neil Mitchell it’s about making parking “simpler”.

“This isn’t about a revenue grab at all, this is about making our parking system better for our traders and keep our city moving.”

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