Plans to charge government staff and politicians to park at work in central Douglas will go before Tynwald this month.
If approved, charges will be introduced from April next year, starting at £192.50 a year but rising in phases to £770 a year by 2019.
Infrastructure Minister Phil Gawne said the current system of allocating parking spaces was neither ‘fair nor defensible’.
Plans to end free parking appeared to have stalled after senior civil servants expressed concern about ‘complex’ issues.
The original plan had been to charge £275 a year from April this year.
Under the detailed proposals to be put before this month’s Tynwald, charges for spaces in central Douglas will apply to all public servants including Tynwald members, the judiciary and Crown officers. Essential users, volunteers, those working night shifts and staff at executive office grade or below will be exempt.
Tynwald is scheduled to sit over October 20-22.