A leading council official has questioned Transport Scotland after they refused to hand Edinburgh City Council the powers to raise parking fines for the first time in two decades.
Transport and Environment convener, councillor Scott Arthur, has raised concerns that parking enforcement in the city is becoming toothless as the council are denied the ability to increase the amount that drivers pay in fines. He adds that it is actually cheaper to pay a fine in certain parts of the city than to pay to legally park.
Normally, if a driver is fined for not paying to park their vehicle on certain city centre streets, they will be required to pay a fine of £30 (if they pay it at the first request). But a number of streets in Edinburgh have been found to charge more for legally parking cars than the above fine.
