‘This isn’t about a revenue grab’: Lord Mayor lays out changes to city parking

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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