Parking fee doubled

Free parking for e-cars is now history

Parking is to become more expensive.

(Bild: Pail Sepp)

Changes are afoot when it comes to parking in Klagenfurt city center! Not only will it become more expensive over the year, but e-car drivers will no longer be able to park their vehicles for free. 

The city senate in Klagenfurt has decided that the fee for the annual parking permit in the city center must be increased. Previously a flat-rate parking fee of 150 euros per year was charged, but in future the parking ticket will cost twice as much. Namely 300 euros. "For economic reasons and in view of the difficult financial situation of the city of Klagenfurt, it is necessary to increase the flat-rate fee for long-term parkers from the current 6.25 euros per month to 12.50 euros, according to a proposal by City Councillor Constance Mochar, Head of Finance. The additional annual revenue amounts to 120,000 euros.

Parking with e-vehicles will cost more in future
But that is not all that is changing in the area of parking. 
The parking fee exemption for e-vehicles (except for the charging period) will no longer apply. "The ÖWD carried out a vehicle count over a two-week period in June, in which every e-vehicle parked in traffic areas managed by the provincial capital of Klagenfurt was counted during the period when the parking fee was in force." During this period, 10,445 e-vehicles, which are currently exempt from the obligation to pay charges, were counted.

"If we assume 803 e-vehicles parked every day, six days a week and 50 weeks a year, we can assume revenue of 433,620 euros with an average charge of 1.80 euros per parking process," it says.