Price increase in Cologne: Parking will be up to 100% more expensive in 2025!

Price increase in Cologne: Parking will be up to 100% more expensive in 2025!

Ehrenfeld, Deutschland - Parking in Cologne will be more expensive in the coming months. On Thursday, the city council will vote on a fee increase that extends over twelve urban parking garages and numerous parking facilities on the side of the road. After nine years without adaptation, the increases have become necessary to finance the maintenance and renovation of the parks. These plans were taken up by Radio Köln and Express lively discussions.

The new prices in particular meet the city center, where the parking costs will increase to 2.10 euros per hour. This means an increase of one third. Outside of the city, for example in the zoo district or in Mülheim, the fee double from 90 cents to 1.80 euros per hour. A special tariff for zoo visitors is also offered: you can park all day for 4 euros. The city expects these changes to achieve an annual income of around 12.7 million euros.

reactions to the increases

The raising of parking fees does not only meet approval. The Cologne FDP speaks of "cold rip -off", while many citizens are already taking their breath away when they think of the future costs. In addition, the popular "bread button", which enables 15 minutes of free parking, should continue to exist. With this, Cologne and visitors can briefly get the roll without having to dig deep into their pockets.

The new parking fee schedule is part of a comprehensive changeover of urban traffic policy. The city of Cologne plans to further develop the regulations of 2019 by an editorial adaptation. As the city administration explains in a message, the new order not only does the price adjustments, but is also intended to promote environmentally friendly transport and reduce emissions. The City of Cologne thus pursues its goal of creating sustainable parking space management and increasing the attractiveness of the city.

additional details on the fee structure

The regulations not only affect parking costs, but also the maximum permissible parking times. Long -term parking will be discontinued in the city center in the future, while there will continue to be places for long -term parkers in the districts 2 to 9. A new fee schedule is intended to boost the annual income: Moneten of around 21.25 million euros from parking fees are already expected for 2024, according to the forecasts of the city administration.