The city of Manchester, NH has announced that parking enforcement will be reactivated and in force starting on Friday, May 15th.
According to the New Hampshire Union Leader, People took advantage of parking enforcement workers being benched the past two months because of the pandemic.
City parking revenues in April came in $400,000 under the previous year, which city parking manager Denise Boutilier attributed to COVID-19.
That includes money from parking meters, permits and ticket revenue.
Parking revenue is part of a Manchester enterprise fund, so it doesn’t directly affect the city budget’s bottom line.
Nashua, Dover and Laconia likewise reported significant declines in parking tickets this April compared to last.
Manchester parking enforcers were sent home when the governor’s stay-athome order went into effect in mid-March, Boutilier said, but they will be back writing tickets Friiday.
“Parking was not determined to be free,” Boutilier said.
