Parking fees will generate at least an estimated €1bn for Dutch local authorities this year, a rise of nearly 10% on 2019, according to preliminary calculations by national statistics agency CBS.

The rise is mainly down to higher fees in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague. In the capital, where it now costs €7.50 an hour to park in the city centre, officials expect to generate €39m more than a year ago from parking. Rotterdam will bring in an additional €13m and The Hague €12m.

The CBS bases its calculations on city spending estimates for 2020.

Parking now accounts for 9.5% of locally-raised taxes and charges, up from 7.5% ten years ago. Property taxes account for 40% of local authority income, waste disposal 18% and sewerage 16%.

Local authority research group Coelo said earlier this month that waste collection fees and other local authority taxes are set to rise sharply this year.

In particular, local council fees for collecting and processing waste are going up by an average of 6%. This is largely due to councils passing on a 14% increase in government waste taxes to their residents, Coelo, which is part of Groningen University, says.