Albury motorists fined more than $1.6 million for parking

Coronavirus restrictions appear to have led to a reduction in penalties since the start of last year, but hundreds of vehicles are still being booked.

Government data shows there have been 13,912 fines issued by Albury Council parking inspectors since January 2014.

The fines total $1,671,061, equating to $120 per fine.

The data, which runs from 2014 to September this year, shows fines peaked in the 2017-18 financial year, when $400,289 in penalties were issued - a daily average of $1096.

By contrast, daily fines averaged $325 last financial year, with $118,957 in penalties recorded.

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Those figures are also down from $168,777 in the 2019-20 financial year, and $331,277 in the year before that.

Individual fines issued last month averaged $215.

The fines dwarf those issued in smaller councils, with just 24 fines in the Federation Council area since 2014 and two fines in Greater Hume from September 2018 to June 2019.

A fine hasn't been issued in Berrigan for nearly five years.

A two-year trial is running in Olive, Dean and Kiewa streets in Albury's CBD, with parking sensors being used to determine when vehicles have been parked for too long.

Council rangers receive notifications when vehicles have exceeded the signposted time limit in 172 parking bays.

The trial aims to increase vehicle turnover and free up rangers.

Signage has been installed in various locations notifying drivers of the trial.

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