Parking enforcement in Devon has been losing about £600,000 a year for the past four years, according to a report.
The county council has now ordered an independent review of the service which was taken over from police in 2008.
More than 50 full-time parking wardens, or civil parking enforcement officers, hand out about 50,000 tickets every year in Devon.
Liberal Democrat councillor Gordon Hook called the losses "appalling" and "unsustainable".
More info here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-18406421