23/02/2023
Dept For Infrastructure Increases On-Street Parking Charges
The Department for Infrastructure has announced that on-street parking tariffs are to increase in Belfast, Newry and Lisburn from 01 April, 2023.
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 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.
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