Parking fees set to increase

Parking fees are set to increase in Dunedin later this week, the Dunedin City Council has announced.

The increases, of between 50c and $1, were confirmed earlier this year but would come into force on Thursday, council infrastructure general manager Simon Drew said.

It was the first increase to on-street parking charges in over a decade, and was a first step in a wider reviewing on and off-street parking costs in the central city, he said.

The extra income would go into the council's general operating budget.