Watch out, Whitehorse: come July 1, that pesky parking ticket will cost you a whole lot more. At city council’s April 28 meeting, councillors adopted a raft of changes to parking and traffic fines. This includes the fine for most meter-related fines hopping up to $40 per violation. Initially, parking tickets were supposed to be raised to $50, given it’s been at least 18 years since city council touched ticket prices. However, as per a successful initiative by Coun. Paolo Gallina at April 14’s council meeting, parking fees for parking more than one metre away from the parking meter, parking at an expired meter, parking overtime at a metered spot (e.g., parking for three hours at a 2-hour parking meter, even if you’re plugging the metre throughout), and parking in the same block for longer than the prescribed period were set at $40 a pop. Reduced fines for earlybird payers will still be available, but only for parking meter violations. The new ticket prices will go into effect July 1, 2025. Parking fees are also set to rise across the city that very day. With the passing of the operations budget earlier this year, starting July 1, the cost to get 15 minutes at a meter was set at $0.50 instead of $0.25. The fee for using the parkade at 6th and Main was set at a dollar an hour, retroactive to January 1. Contact Talar Stockton at talar.stockton@yukon-news.com
Increased parking fines in Whitehorse set to take force July 1
