Parking Fines Big Business In CDA

Item: Cd’A parking generates big bucks: Tickets, lot revenue helps fund Parks Department, other city operations /Ryan Shelton, Coeur d’Alene Press

More Info: The Coeur d’Alene Parks Department may be parking’s biggest beneficiary. Every year, the department receives 40 percent of the public parking lots’ revenue, which is put into the Parks Capital Improvement Fund and used to leverage federal grants. Parks Department Director Doug Eastwood said around half of the department’s projects are funded partially by federal grants.

Question: When and where did you last receive a parking ticket?