MOTORISTS will soon be hit twice as hard for parking infringements, with fines set to double.

With electricity and water charges already on the way up, from July 1 the fine for failing to to buy a parking ticket or overstaying the time-limit will soar to $43, up from $22.

The increases were proposed by former Labor frontbencher Bernard Finnigan before he stepped down in April.

Motorists will now be slugged $64 for obstructing a driveway, up from $43 last year; and stopping in a loading zone or permit zone will now cost you $56, up from $35.

The rise is set to shock many motorists, with the changes buried in the Government Gazette published on June 9, with almost 600 other traffic and parking fine increases.

Local Government Association spokesman Chris Russell said councils, which are required to enforce parking expiation fines, were not consulted or made aware of the increases before discovering them in the gazette.

"A council alerted it to us ... and they were very concerned because from their perspective parking inspectors get enough from the public anyway and if there wasn't any publicity about it people would get a shock and it would be even worse," he said.

"We've made a couple of approaches to the government to try to get clarity on why, but we haven't got any clear response in terms of why we haven't been consulted and why it's going up."

From July 1 motorists will also be slugged more for speeding. Those exceeding the speed limit by less than 15km/h will now pay $252, up from $196; and motorists speeding more than 30km/h over the limit will now pay $532, up from $468 the previous year.

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Originally published as Parking, speed fines rocket