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Please remember the parking rules! Illegal parking will cost you NOK 600

During the first week of semester start, nearly no parking fines were issued. However, things are stricter now. On Monday 20 August, 23 parking fines were issued at UiA, each for NOK 600. An unfortunate expense that can be avoided.

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Feilparkering koster 600 kroner - står du på en parkeringsplass som er reservert for bevegelseshemmede stiger kontrollgebyret til 900 kroner. (Illustrasjon: Colourbox)

Illegal parking will cost you NOK 600. If you have parked in a space reserved for those who are movement-disabled, the fine is NOK 900. (Illustration: Colourbox)

Mandag slapp noen feilparkerere unna med en vennlig henstilling - i dag skifter fargen til gult og prisen er 600 kroner for feilparkering. Første uken etter studieårsstart slapp mange feilparkerere unna med en slik henstilling.

On Monday, many who had parked illegally got away with a friendly request to not do it again. Today, the colour changes to yellow, and an illegal parking will cost you NOK 600. During the first week of semester start, many who had parked illegally got away with an admonition.

Please follow the instructions on the Parking at UiA pages. Here, you can also find the special parking rules and advice for Campus Grimstad and Campus Kristiansand. Be especially aware of the special parking rules on Campus Grimstad during the construction period for the I4H building.

Four points for avoiding parking fines

  1. Only park inside of the white lines
  2. Electric cars must pay the regular parking fee – and for electricity
    1. If you have received a parking fine, Europark alone handles all complaints (see open/close point «Parking fine – complaint» on the parking pages)
    2. In the parking areas P5 and P6 on Campus Kristiansand there are often available parking spaces (near Spicheren and Kunnskapsparken – see map on the Parking at Campus Kristiansand page) Here you can park for 14 hours for NOK 10.

A solution when all other parking areas are full is the guest parking near the houses in Kunnskapsparken (P10). Parking here is pricier – NOK 20 per hour – and there are usually available parking spaces here.

If you have any feedback for improvements, such as better use of signs, or other enquiries regarding parking areas and spaces, please send an e-mail to parking@uia.no.

But please remember, having a parking fee is a decision made by the UiA Board, and only the Board can remove the parking fees. Neither the Europark parking wardens or the Facilities Management at UiA can reverse this decision from the Board. Therefore, it is pointless get at angry at them for doing the job they have been hired to do.

Campus Kristiansand: Parkeringsområdene bak Kunnskapsparken og Spicheren - P5 og P6 - har ofte ledige parkeringsplasser. Her koster det 10 kroner å stå i inntil 14 timer.

Campus Kristiansand: There are often available spaces in the parking areas P5 and P6 behind Kunnskapsparken and Spicheren. Here you can park for up to 14 hours for NOK 10.

Charging cars must also pay the parking fee

Electric cars are not exempt from the parking fee. «Electric cars must pay ordinary parking fees.» - it is clearly stated in the parking rules on the main page for parking, it is bold in the open/close point «Electric cars – parking and charging stations» on the same page, and in the open/close point  «Electric cars – parking and charging stations» on the parking pages for Campus Grimstad and Campus Kristiansand.

There have been parking fees on Campus Grimstad for a long while, and therefore the arrangement is well-established. On Campus Kristiansand, however, parking fees were introduced during the spring semester, and these have not changed since they were introduced. After the article in Fædrelandsvennen online this weekend and in the Monday issue of the physical version (behind paywall), the fact that you have to pay for electricity as well as the regular parking fee will be further emphasised by separate signs on the parking machines and the charging stations.

Audien i venstre billedkant står korrekt parkert - hver av de øvrige fire bilene kunne fått 600 kroner i kontrollavgift (parkeringsgebyr) fordi de står utenfor oppmerket felt - om ikke parkeringskontrollørene hadde vært greie på mandag. Men nå er silkehanskene tatt av, og de som står utenfor oppmerkede felt vil få kontrollgebyr. Da er det bedre å ofre en ti'er til UiAs parkeringsfond.

The employee parking area on Campus Kristiansand, near Bakstehuset: The Audi in the left corner of the picture has parked correctly. The owners of the other four cars could have been issued a parking fine of NOK 600 as they have parked outside of the marked spaces. But the parking wardens were lenient on Monday. However, the gloves are off now, and any who park outside of the marked spaces will be issued a fine. It is better to spend NOK 10 on UiA’s parking fund.

Innenfor stripene – utenfor er det dyrt

The whole parking arrangement at UiA is based on vehicles parking inside of the designated spaces, clearly marked with white lines. Parking outside of the lines results in a parking fine, which at the moment is NOK 600. UiA follows the national regulations for parking fines.

One of the reasons for this is that parking on ditch edges and grass areas can obstruct emergency vehicles from reaching their destination. As an example, there have been days where large fire engines would not have been able to drive up to Hokus Pokus kindergarten on Campus Kristiansand. Fortunately, no illegally parked cars have yet obstructed the path for emergency vehicles.

Kakseparkering: Det koster 20 kroner per time å stå på gjesteparkeringen langs brakkene ved Kunnskapsparken. Det svir på kontoen, men er vesentlig billigere enn å få 600 kroner i kontrollavgift (parkeringsgebyr). Samme pris er det for øvrig på P2 - de to øverste radene på hovedparkeringsplassen P1. Se kart:

«Exclusive» parking: Parking in the guest area along the houses near Kunnskapsparken costs NOK 20 per hour, an amount that stings a bit, but is significantly cheaper than being issued a parking fine of NOK 600. The same rate applies to P2 – the two top rows at the main parking area P1. See map: