Worcester will use snow funds to refund people who were towed during the night
It could cost as much as $44,000 to refund people whose cars were towed in Worcester after a parking ban was declared in the middle of the night—and that money will reportedly come out of the city’s snow budget.
According to a Worcester Telegram & Gazettereport, nearly 350 cars were towed early Monday after the city’s public works department declared the ban at 1 a.m.—after many of those cars’ owners had gone to bed.
City Manager Edward M. Augustus Jr. called the decision to refund all towing costs and forgive the 750 tickets that were written “an issue of fairness,’’ adding that he would have preferred the towing not begin until the morning. “That’s not what happened,’’ he told the T&G.
The decision is being criticized by some because the city will use tax money to repay the car owners, according to the paper.
Read the full Telegram & Gazette story here.
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