A remote system to monitor vehicles parked in the city's central business district went live on Thursday after the burial of sensors under bays along Dean, Olive and Kiewa streets.

The move means rangers will no longer have to mark tyres with chalk and then return to learn if the marked vehicle has overstayed the limit for the car park.

Instead rangers will be able to check the occupancy status of the car park through an app on their mobile phone and then attend to issue a fine if there is an offence.

Albury Council has promoted the change as advantageous to ratepayers on the basis rangers will be freed up to undertake other duties such as looking after lost animals.

The 172 parking bays covered by the new technology extend from the post office east to the Murray Conservatorium in Dean Street and from the Mate's Building to Target in Kiewa Street.

A section of Olive Street from the conservatorium to the roundabout at Swift Street is also included.

There will be no grace period for the application of fines from the sensors.

Motorists are expected to take note of existing signage related to time limits and be conscious of returning in that period.

When the council's service leader engagement Kate de Hennin outlined plans for a trial of the system in September last year she foreshadowed motorists being able to use a parking app.

"As part of this there will also be a community engagement app developed where (with) any of those parking spaces that have the sensors, you can actually log on to that app and you can see what's available and what's not," Ms de Hennin said.

"In addition to that, the app will also provide a full suite of all our parking available."

The app is still being developed and is expected to be made available for community access at some point next year when data is deemed sufficient for public use.

The sensors are part of trial which will run over two years with the results to be assessed and supplemented with public feedback.

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Mayor Kevin Mack has said it is also part of a shift by the council towards adopting so-called smart technology.

"For example, we're already using digital technology to tell us when our public rubbish bins need to be emptied and we're also working closely with our Two Cities One Community partner, Wodonga Council, to investigate other ways of making sure our community is ahead of the game," he said.

"The idea is to make our community more liveable, workable and sustainable by harnessing digital technology."

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