The Sydney streets being hit the hardest by parking fines have been revealed through a 7NEWS investigation.
The City of Sydney council was top of the list, raking in a huge $39 million in parking fines in 2023, the research revealed.
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On Castlereagh St alone, the council made $2.3 million in parking fines last year.
Similarly, on Pitt St in the CBD, $2.2 million was made last year, while on Sussex St $1.1 million was collected from errant drivers.
The hardest hit streets across Sydney
A few kilometres away, the city’s Inner West council collected $11 million throughout the year.
Enmore Rd was one of the hardest hit streets last year in the council area with $465,000 alone made on the street.
Meanwhile, in Waverley in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, the council made $10.5 million in 2023, with Ebley St in Bondi Junction pulling in $749,000.
Across the harbour in North Sydney, the council made $8.3 million throughout the year, with Walker St bringing in $536,000.
In the city’s south, Sutherland Shire Council earned $7.5 million from parking fines in 2023, with Gerrale St, Cronulla reaping $372,000 in fines.
Push to bring back paper tickets
Peter Khoury from NRMA told 7NEWS councils should be conducting an audit of their processes to establish why so many fines were being issued.
“Every council that is listed on the news tonight should go back and have a look at those streets to determine what else can be done to work out why it is that so many people are being fined,” he said.
Khoury added, for the hundreds of thousands of drivers who are fined, it may take them weeks to even be notified.
This is partly due to some councils scrapping paper tickets on windshields and introducing digital systems.
“I can tell you that I’ve written to 128 councils and asked them to review their fines process to make it fairer,” he said.
