How do I pay?

Ways you can pay for parking

Pay and display meters operate between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday.

You can pay:

• with coins or by credit card.
• through the PayMyPark website or app to remotely pay for your parking. You can prepay for your parking, and use the start-stop function to only pay for the exact parking time you've used. Find out more about PayMyPark
• with a SmartPark in-car meters that can be topped up online.

How much does parking cost?

Parking costs depend on the zone you park in.

Shoppers zone [HC2] (Green)

• $1.50 per hour
• Two-hour maximum parking duration
• Monday to Friday 9am–5pm
• Saturday P120 (no charge)
• Sunday and public holidays unrestricted

Commuter zone [HC3] (Yellow)

• $1 per hour
• $6 maximum daily charge
• No daily maximum parking duration
• Monday to Friday 9am–5pm
• Saturday, Sunday and public holidays unrestricted

Commuter zone [HC4] (Orange)

• 70 cents per hour
• $4 maximum daily charge
• No daily maximum parking duration
• Monday to Friday 9am–5pm
• Saturday, Sunday and public holidays unrestricted

Riverbank car park zone [RIVERBANK] (Light Blue)

• 70 cents per hour, Monday to Friday 9am-5pm
• $2 per hour, Saturday 7am-2pm
• $4 maximum daily charge
• No daily maximum parking duration
• A monthly pass is available at $62 per month (reduced to $46 for December and January).  The pass can be purchased from Council's building at 30 Laings Road in Lower Hutt or the PayMyPark App
• Sunday and public holidays unrestricted.

Parking zones locations

Download the parking zone map (PDF 3.79MB) or view the interactive map

Green shoppers' HC2 zone

• Stevens Grove, parallel parks
• Knights Road – Bunny Street to Laings Road
• Queens Drive – Laings Road to Fraser Street
• Fraser Street
• High Street – Fraser Street to Laings Road
• High Street – Laings Road to Waterloo Road
• Ward Street
• Market Grove, north side
• Knights Road, south side – Bloomfield Terrace to Myrtle Street
• Myrtle Street, east side angle parking – Knights Road to Laings Road
• Andrews Avenue
• Dudley Street
• Daly Street – Margaret Street to Andrews Avenue
• Rutherford Street, south end
• High Street – Waterloo Road to Downer Street
• Cornwall Street – Pretoria Street to Kings Crescent
• Cornwall Street, west side – Waterloo Road to Kings Crescent
• Pretoria Street - west end within CBD
• Raroa Road – east of Cornwall Street
• Kings Crescent - Cornwall Street to Queens Drive
• Osborne Place
• Queens Drive – Kings Crescent to Waterloo Road
• Queens Drive – Laings Road to Waterloo Road
• Waterloo Road – Bloomfield Terrace to Queens Drive
• Waterloo Road – Queens Drive to High Street
• Bloomfield Terrace – Kings Crescent to Knights Road
• The Pavilion car park- Laings Road
• Laings Road – Queens Drive to Myrtle Street
• Laings Road – High Street to Queens Drive
• Bunny Street
• Margaret Street

Yellow commuter HC3 zone

• Fountain car park (Laings Road)
• Myrtle Street, west side – Laings Road to Knights Road
• Stevens Grove, angle parking portion
• Rutherford Street, south of Queens Drive
• Raroa Road – High Street to Cornwall Street
• Cornwall Street, east side – Kings Crescent to Waterloo Road
• Cornwall Street – Waterloo Road to Knights Road
• Knights Road – Cornwall Street to Bloomfield Terrace
• Knights Road, north side – Myrtle Street to Bloomfield Terrace
• Market Grove, south side

Orange HC4 zone

Myrtle Street South (Huia Street to Laings Road)

Light blue Riverbank zone

Riverbank car park