Cost of having car towed away in Prague to double from September

The cost of recovering cars towed away by the police in Prague is set to go up significantly after the summer, Novinky.cz reported on Monday.

From September, motorists will have to pay CZK 3,800 for the towing and CZK 500 a day for the place on the police lot. The move, proposed by Mayor Bohuslav Svoboda and Zdeněk Hřib, deputy mayor for transport, was approved by councillors on Monday. It doubles the current prices, which were set in 2013, Novinky.cz wrote. However, even the increased fines do not reach the actual towing and parking cost to the city, the news site said.