Halfway through this year's street cleanup, parking fines far eclipse 2018 level

As street sweeping crews continue to roll through Calgary, so too do the parking crews issuing an eye-popping number of tickets.

The cleanup is only halfway done, but already 35,000 tickets have been issued by the Calgary Parking Authority (CPA) for people not moving their cars to allow the cleanup to take place.

If everyone pays their $80 fine on time, that's about $2.8 million in penalties. Payments after 10 days are $90 and after 30 days it's $120.

• Calgarians rack up $1.9M in parking fines in first 3 weeks of street sweeping

In 2018, just over 12,000 tickets were issued for the entire seasonal cleanup.

Where the parking crews are slowing down is in towing.

So far in 2019, the CPA says 687 vehicles have been moved by tow trucks, while 2,100 were towed in 2018.

Street sweeping is slated to wrap by the end of June.

You can find out when your neighbourhood is due for street sweeping and sign up for e-mail alerts on this section of the city's website.