Over 460 free parking spaces in the CBD will gradually become paid parks as part of a new council strategy that could rake in over $850,000 dollars per year.
Once rolled out by the end of the 2022-2023 financial year, all public parking within a 10 minute walk of the city will require payment.
Toowoomba local Lin O'Sullivan says “It is not a good idea. It would take shoppers away from the city area which has already lost business due to the pandemic.”