Ticketless Parking Meters Causing Chaos

Change anything to do with parking in Manly and you are likely to have a problem on your hands. The introduction of ticketless parking meters didn't disappoint this long held theory.

While still struggling with the new digital meters, which replaced parking permit stickers for locals, the requirement to punch in your rego number and display a ticket caused many frustrations.  Now you were faced with long queues, glare making the screen impossible to read, and some letters not registering on some meters.

Just when you thought  you had mastered the requirements to park on the oceanfront - the next latest technology hit.  Ticketless parking meters!   Now not only do you have to face longer queues, deal with the glare making the screen impossible to read but also wonder if the bl***dy thing actually worked as you don't get a ticket of proof that you have paid, or for how long.

And that's just the problem - no ticket of proof as a number of locals have discovered recently when they disputed fines.

At the March Council meeting the General Manager admitted there had been a few teething problems with the new system resulting in some people being incorrectly fined.  If you are one of them, be sure to lodge your complaint with Manly Council and insist on a refund.

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