One worker, who declined to be named, told the Otago Daily Times he had been ordered to pay $440 in fines by Lakes Environmental within a week - $200 for his vehicle registration being out of date, $200 for not displaying its registration and $40 for parking illegally.
The worker at the troubled billion-dollar resort development said no-one had visited the site and told them where to park their vehicles.
He said the station's main contractor did not provide car parking from the start of the development and had not provided enough spaces now.
"The guys don't want to park miles away ... We come to work in the morning in the dark. No-one's looking for a sign, they park where they see the cars."
He said he could not see what the big deal was in laying gravel on the reserve and allowing parking, then reinstating the grass once the station was completed.
Workers have been forced to park on a road shoulder and a lay-by off State Highway 6, on the Kelvin Heights side of the one-lane Kawarau Bridge, to the concern of the council.
The council allowed station developer Melview Developments Ltd to install on-street parking on Bridge St and Boyes Crescent for up to 12 months from May 2009, with any consent extension subject to the utilities committee's approval.
The move was taken to address the parking shortfall on the building site and on the surrounding streets as a result of the hundreds of personnel involved with the construction.
There were 80 vehicles parked on Bridge St by noon yesterday.
Four of the eight vehicles to the right of the sign that states "No parking on berm" had $40 parking tickets on the windscreens issued by Lakes Environmental.
Bridge St resident Ros Nelson said some neighbours had used pegs and and ropes in an attempt to deter workers from parking on the grass verges.
Parking provisions had improved since the council policy in May, but some workers were choosing to park on the verges regardless.
"The cars have to park somewhere but they were parking on the green reserve, which is now ruined. And it's all the rubbish they leave behind. We pick up a bag a week of food rubbish and cans."
Transportation planning manager Denis Mander said the council had approved parking only on the sections that had been set aside.
People parking beyond the signs were parking illegally.
He said parking demand was predicted to decrease as construction phases changed.
Parking restrictions were communicated to the workforce through Melview Developments before they were put in place.
Melview Developments commercial and legal affairs director Warwick Goldsmith confirmed a map and information on parking restrictions and penalties for non-compliance were circulated by Insignis project managers to primary contractors Hawkins, Rilean, Naylor Love and Fulton Hogan, which relayed information to their sub-contractors.
