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Price of parking tickets swell, while options to pay for a spot shrink

If you get a parking ticket in the Halifax area, you’ll be paying $10 more.

Fines will cost $45 now, up from $35; if you pay within seven days, it’ll only cost you $40.

That took effect Monday, along with new changes to how you can pay for your parking.

Municipally-owned pay stations no longer let you swipe or insert your credit or debit card. Pay kiosks are going tap only.

You can still insert cash in the machine or link a credit card to the HotSpot mobile app.

Until Sept. 30, you can have your parking ticket absolved by showing you shopped at a local business on the date and approximate time of your parking violation.

Receipts are required to have your pay-station parking infraction waived.

 

  • Kelly MacMillan lives in Port Hawkesbury with her husband and son. She has been part of the team at 101.5 The Hawk for more than 25 years, sharing stories from around the region. You can join her weekdays from 10am until 2pm.

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