PARIS: Different prices will be implemented for SUVs from September 1, 2024, Ann Hidalgo announced.
SUV parking in Paris will actually triple the price. Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo (PS) announced on her WhatsApp thread this Sunday evening, “These prices will be implemented from September 1. Residents of the capital no longer want to see SUVs on their streets and they made this known during a poll held this Sunday, February 4. 54.55% of them (42,415 people) were in favor of increasing the parking fee for “heavy, polluting and bulky” vehicles.
The deputy mayor of Paris, David Belliard (EELV), confirmed it again on the BFMTV set this Monday, February 5: “The result is clear, so we are going to do it,” declared the elected official. We are going to discuss it at the Paris Council in May, and I think we will be able to implement it effectively at the beginning of the school year.
Note, however, the very low turnout, as only 5.7% of those registered, or 78,121 out of 1,374,532, went to the polls in one of the 222 polling stations deployed for the occasion.
This remains legal according to the guest of the Public Senate on Monday morning, Senator Ian Brosset of Paris (PCF). “The results show that there is a majority in Paris who believe that reducing the environment and polluting cars is a priority. It follows the position that Parisians have always defended on the pedestrianization of riverside paths, on the development of cycle paths, etc. “, he thought before adding on his X account: “Some people spend hours commenting on surveys of 500 people, so when 80,000 Parisians express themselves on a topic, they can at least take it into account. .”
“The Polluter Pays Principle”
“Despite the fairly strong division between East and West, the choice of Parisians in all districts is very clear,” Paris Mayor Ann Hidalgo also responded during a press conference at City Hall on Sunday evening.
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For her part, Sandrine Rousseau, deputy of the 9th district of Paris, also a guest of the public senate this Monday, wants to recall that “the principle of polluters paying on very large cars that are very visible objects” is welcome, clarifying to the family is Cars, for the most part, were not affected by this measure.
Appearing on the RMC morning show, the first deputy mayor of Paris, Emmanuel Grégoire, denied “inconsistencies” in the vote. “Parisians, like everyone else, when they are in a revolving parking lot, they will pay like everyone else. Just, for residential parking, we think it is fair to say that those who go outside their house instead of using their vehicle should not be fined.”
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