"Toronto police officers issued more than $2 million in parking tickets to drivers who parked their vehicles along designated snow removal routes in the last two weeks of January, data shows. Police parking enforcement officers handed 21,508 tickets to drivers who parked on snow routes in the city from Jan. 15 to Jan. 30, with each ticket carrying a fine of $100, according to the Toronto Police Service."
"News of the fines comes as the city continues to clean up after a major winter storm on Jan. 25 dumped 56 centimetres of snow on Toronto. Vehicles were ticketed on routes where city crews have been working to remove large piles of snow. "The roads must be clear for the city to be able to remove the snow," Mike Harrison, manager of Toronto police parking enforcement unit,"
"In addition to tickets for parking on a snow route, police issued 152 tickets for other snow route infractions, such as parking on streetcar tracks on a snow route, and parking a vehicle that blocks the passage of a streetcar on a snow route. Both infractions carry fines of $500. In total, police issued tickets worth $2,193,600 for snow route infractions in the last two weeks of January."
Toronto police parking enforcement officers handed 21,508 tickets to drivers who parked on designated snow routes from Jan. 15 to Jan. 30, with each ticket carrying a $100 fine. Vehicles were ticketed on routes where city crews were removing large piles of snow after a Jan. 25 storm that dumped 56 centimetres. Police also issued 152 tickets for other snow route infractions, such as parking on streetcar tracks or blocking streetcar passage, each carrying $500 fines. In total, police issued $2,193,600 in snow route infraction tickets during the last two weeks of January. Police say enforcement prioritizes snow removal over revenue.
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