Perth Voice Interactive

PERTH city council issued an average of 655 parking fines every day last year to rake in $7.64 million—more than double the combined total of neighbouring Vincent, Stirling and Bayswater councils.

City inspectors stuck 97,171 fines to windscreens last financial year—down from 108,253, worth $8.12 million, in 2013/14.

Council spokesman Michael Holland says the drop is down to more people complying with rules, using public transport and cycling.

The most common parking offence was failing to display an unexpired ticket.

Hotspots were Hay Street ($574,000), Murray Street ($498,000), St Georges Terrace ($455,000), Adelaide Terrace ($447,000) and Francis Street ($342,000).

Vincent council collected the second-highest parking fine revenue across Voiceland—it is set to rake in $2.28 million from 26,599 fines.

The inner-city council trumped WA’s most-populous local government, Stirling, which scooped up a relatively paltry $790,000.

Vincent CEO Len Kosova says penalties are avoidable: “People could choose to park legally and perhaps walk a few steps or minutes further,” he says in an email statement. “It is unfortunate that some people just do not read the signs before they park or choose to park in dangerous locations like over footpaths.”

Bayswater council collected $141,430 from 2313 fines. Maylands was the city’s hotspot with 181 fines handed out on Eighth Avenue, 112 on Central Avenue and 97 on Tenth Avenue.

by EMMIE DOWLING