THE Southern Grampians Shire Council (SGSC) announced this week that with the one-month grace period coming to an end, paid-parking rules in the Hamilton CBD will be officially enforced as of yesterday, March 1, with fines up to $96.

SGSC wrote in a social media post on Thursday that the unmonitored parking period since the new touch-screen meters were installed a month ago for “education and testing” will no longer be in place, with infringement notices to be issued for unpaid parking from now on.