Drivers can reimburse amounts collected for paid parking in 2025

ArmInfo.Drivers can contact the Yerevan Municipality to request a refund of amounts collected for paid parking in 2025, according to the investigative publication Hetq.

According to the source, the Cassation Court rejected the appeal of  the Yerevan City Council regarding the increase in paid parking fees,  known as "red lines." Thus, the Administrative Court's decision  invalidating the Council's regulations on increasing parking fees has  entered into force.

Specifically, the court invalidated the price increase, citing that,  according to the law, parking fees cannot exceed the actual costs of  providing the service. Furthermore, the court ruled that increasing  the local fee rate cannot be used for the purpose of reducing  congestion on any street. In other words, reducing congestion on  streets cannot serve as a basis for increasing rates.

The court also noted that the mayor's office failed to prove that the  sharp fee increase was intended to improve the quality of services  provided.

Effective January 1, 2024, Yerevan City Hall has required citizens to  pay 160,000 drams (approximately $400) per year for parking on "red  lines" in the center of the capital (in Yerevan's Zone A). The fee  for parking in Zone B is 24,000 drams per year. Previously, the fee,  regardless of location, was 12,000 drams.

Hourly, weekly, and monthly parking rates have also increased  significantly. For example, previously the cost of one hour of  parking was 100 drams, but from January 1, 2024, for zone "A" it was  increased to 300 drams, and for zone "B" - to 200 drams.