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The Calgary Parking Authority has handed out nearly double the number of street sweeping tickets so far this year as it did in all of 2018, leaving the city primed to collect nearly $1.9 million in fines in less than a month.

Crews started cleaning city streets on April 1 and will continue the work until July 30. As of April 21, the authority said a total of 23,672 street sweeping tickets have been issued to drivers who failed to move their vehicles off scheduled routes. There have also been 483 vehicles towed off sweeping routes.

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In the first week of street cleaning, the authority issued close to 10,000 tickets to drivers for not moving their vehicles. Data from the CPA shows there were 12,119 street sweeping tickets and 2,102 tows in all of 2018.

If paid within 10 days, each ticket costs $80, but that number jumps to $90 11 days after a ticket is issued and spikes to $120 after 30 days. On the low end, ticketed drivers already owe a combined $1.89 million. At $120, that would rise to $2.84 million with more than two months of sweeping left to go.