The new look tickets will be issued beginning Friday. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo
There will be a new look to Westport parking tickets and the daily parking fee tickets at the railroad stations beginning Friday.
The Westport Police Department announced today that the present handwritten tickets with built-in envelopes are being replaced with tickets generated by handheld ticket writers.
The computer-generated violation tickets and daily parking fee tickets are part of the department’s new parking ticket and payment system, said Deputy Chief Dale Call.
He said the system by Tarrytown, N.Y.-based Complus Data Innovations, Inc., will allow three images per ticket to document violations and also can be used to electronic “chalk” tires in timed zones.
These innovations will allow more effective enforcement which in turn may help to improve parking turnover in these areas, Call said.
Police officers will still be able to issue handwritten tickets when handheld computers are not available, he said.
The online payment process will also change on Friday with the new online payment site accessed through the town website at http://www.westportct.gov or directly at http://www.parkingticketpayment.com/westport.
The new payment system will accept credit and debit cards as well allow payment through PayPal, Call said.
No additional fee will be charged if railroad parking payments are timely but there will be an additional convenience fee for all parking violations and for late payment of daily parking fees, he said.
The new online payment system will allow customers to see all unpaid tickets issued to their vehicle which is an improvement over the previous system, Call said.
Customers may also make payment by mail or by dropping them off at police headquarters, he said.
The online system also allows customers to contest their parking tickets online in addition to the more traditional paper form which is still available, Call said.
The police official said the new system will also handle reminder notices as well as delinquent collections.
The department is exploring with the company the possibility of using the system to issue rail parking permits which would allow online renewals among other benefits, Call said.
