Workers, students and visitors who drive to the Parramatta CBD will no longer have to look for loose change when parking, with on-street parking meters set to be cashless from April 1.
Across the CBD, 23 machines at locations on George, Grose, Hunter, Phillip and Sorrell Streets will be converted to cashless machines. Once complete, all 224 parking meters in the CBD will be converted to cashless.
City of Parramatta Lord Mayor Pierre Esber said these changes will make parking services more efficient and easier for people visiting the CBD.
“We know that more people are choosing to tap and go for more payments since we started shifting our parking meters over to cashless two years ago,” Esber said.
“n the past 12 months, about 94 per cent of parking meter payments were made via mobile or card.
“Removing coin payments makes sense, we know how frustrating it is when parking meters get jammed so this will reduce parking meter faults and create an easier experience when parking in the CBD.”
All cashless parking meters will accept payment via the EasyPark app or Visa, Mastercard, and AMEX.
Ellie Busby is a news reporter for Western Sydney Publishing Group. A graduate of the University of Hertfordshire and Western Sydney University, she is a journalism Major. Ellie has worked with Universal Media, The Cova Project and for a range of other organisations. In 2024, Ellie was named Young Writer of the Year at the Mumbrella Publish Awards.