DRIVERS are far more likely to have their parking ticket overturned in Wodonga, with only two in every 100 tickets withdrawn in Albury.
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Of the 20,254 fines issued in Albury since 2009, only 465 were successfully appealed.
That equates to 2.3 per cent, and the figure was as low as 1.4 per cent in 2010.
Albury mayor Henk van de Ven said for a city the size of Albury, the number of fines handed out was relatively low.
“There might be a few issues at play,” he said.
“One is that the fines are increasing in size so people are more conscious of doing the right thing.
“With just under 2000 fines issued (in 2015) for a city the size of Albury with no paid parking at all, I think it’s pretty good.”
It’s far easier for drivers to get out of parking fines in Wodonga, with 15 per cent of the 7424 infringement notices handed out since mid-2010 withdrawn.
The number of fines issued in Wodonga in recent years peaked with 1806 in the 2010/11 financial year.
Albury’s peak is much higher, with 4805 fines issued in 2012.
The fines are increasing in size so people are more conscious of doing the right thing
- Albury mayor Hank van de Ven on parking tickets
Cr van de Ven said it was not clear how people had fines successful overturned by the State Debt Recovery Office.
There has only been one fine successfully overturned by court review since 2009.
“The fines can range from about $60 or $80 for exceeding the time limit to $400 or $500 for parking in a disabled spot,” Cr van de Ven said.
“I think that’s probably appropriate as well.
“I don’t think there is any question that there are enough car parks in Albury.
"There is a lot parking available.”
The construction of a multi-storey car park is likely to start on the former tax office site in early 2016.
Cr van de Ven said there was also the engineering capacity to add additional levels to other car parks in the city.
There are more than 3200 car parking spaces in eight off-street car parks in Albury CBD.
