The City of Windsor is struggling to collect a “significant” amount of unpaid parking ticket revenue.
According to Parking Services Coordinator, Bill Kralovensky, the issue stems from recent changes the provincial government made to the process for renewing licence plate stickers.
“Before, you couldn’t get that little sticker that went on the back of your plate until you paid off your debts,” he said. “Now, all you have to do is go online and register your plates.”
In July, the Ford government, which had already waived license plate sticker fees in 2022, introduced an automatic renewal process. People no longer need to visit a ServiceOntario office to complete the renewal.
But according to Kralovensky, those in-person visits to ServiceOntario often reminded drivers about unpaid parking tickets.
“It’s a significant number,” said Kralovensky, when asked how much unpaid parking ticket revenue has gone uncollected. “It’s slowly creeping up a bit.”
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