Cash-strapped Dundee City Council is owed more than £1 million from the public in unpaid parking fines.
In total the council is owed £1,275,513.26 in outstanding fines handed out on the city’s streets in recent years.
And traffic wardens have handed out an astonishing 319 penalty charge notices to one individual vehicle in Dundee, with the owner of the car still owing the local authority cash.
In 2015/16, up to the end of November, the council had issued 20,538 parking fines.
There was a further 25,415 issued last year and 23,180 in 2013/14.
Among those receiving a parking fine recently was city councillor John Alexander.
Mr Alexander said: “I quite rightly received a parking ticket because I had, albeit unwittingly, parked illegally while on council business. No one is immune from parking tickets, including councillors on official business.
“I made sure I paid my parking ticket on time and everyone else should do the same.”
Mr Alexander said that parking tickets were given out for a reason and should never be ignored.
He added: “There are obviously times when poor or illegal parking can be a serious hazard. For example, if a car obstructs a pavement and pedestrians or even wheelchair users are forced to go on to the road.”
He said it was also concerning that at a time where the council is having to find such huge budget cuts that so much money is outstanding to the council in parking fines.
Mr Alexander added: “This is money that should be coming to the council and we will definitely chase up any unpaid or outstanding fines.”