On-street parking charges in three cities across Northern Ireland are set to increase in the coming weeks.
Making the announcement on Wednesday, the Department for Infrastructure (DfI) said the move is due to the ongoing pressure on public funding and the need to support the carbon reductions in the Climate Change Act (Northern Ireland) 2022.
On-street parking tariffs in Belfast, Newry and Lisburn will increase from 1 April 2023.
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The on-street parking tariffs in the Controlled Parking Zones (CPZs) in Belfast, Lisburn and Newry were last increased in February 2017.
The below inflation increase will see charges in Belfast City Centre rise by 40 pence per hour to £1.60 and £1.80.
In Newry the charges will increase by 20 pence to £0.80 per hour and in Lisburn on-street parking charges will increase by 20 pence per hour to £1.00.
The news comes just week after it was confirmed that Northern Ireland's public transport fares are set to increase from next month.
The changes, which affect travel on Metro, Glider, NI Railways, Enterprise, Goldliner and Ulsterbus services, will see standard fares increase on average by approximately 7% - the increase will take effect from Monday, March 6, 2023.
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