The ban on Crit’Air 3 vehicles within the Ile-de-France low-emission zone (ZFE) is due to come into force on July 1. Already postponed for a year, its application could be postponed again according to the confidences made by the president of the metropolis of Greater Paris, Patrick Ollier, to our colleagues from the Parisian on March 12.
The elected official considers this deadline and the timetable which should lead to the banning of vehicles running on diesel, Crit’Air 2, for the year 2024, in particular because of the social weight of the measure, to the point to propose before the month of July a vote on the maintenance or the postponement to the elected representatives of the community.
The Mayor of Paris ready to support part of the investments
Well aware of this social dimension, the Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, however, opposes a postponement in an interview with AFP published on Thursday: “I am not for […], not so that we give in to formidable lobbying. “The city councilor nevertheless confirms the social dimension of this ecological transition, but recalls that she had proposed, during the presidential campaign, a “social leasing” which would allow motorists who have to change their vehicle to access electric vehicles for 75 euros per month.
A measure also taken up by the candidate Macron. ” Where we are ? Nowhere. He must take his responsibilities, and stop giving in permanently to the fossil fuel lobby and support our fellow citizens who cannot today acquire an electric or low-polluting car, ”she adds. The elected even proposes to support part of the investment necessary “for remote control of license plates”.
“I’m not giving up”
According to her, the timetable for the end of diesel in 2024 and thermal vehicles in 2030 in the capital is “sustainable”: “The Parisian car fleet has dropped significantly, I have put in place aid, and I am not giving up. . »
Anne Hidalgo took the opportunity to confirm the establishment of the limited traffic zone (ZTL) in the hypercentre of Paris at the beginning of 2024. This ZTL must drastically reduce the place of the car in the first four arrondissements, plus the parts of the 5th, 6th and 7th located between Boulevard Saint-Germain and the Seine had been postponed for the time of an impact study and a public inquiry: “We are meeting the deadlines. »