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ARCHIVED - Elche reveals plans to restrict car use in three low-emission zones by 2023
Pedestrians and buses will be given priority in the town centre and other neighbourhoods of the Baix Vinalopo municipality in Alicante province
Elche Council plans to create three low-emission zones restricting the use of private vehicles in congested areas of the town by 2023, covering an area of 536 hectares.
Buses and pedestrians will be given priority in the town centre, along with El Pla and El Raval areas, and parts of the Altabix neighbourhood, where “control cameras” and pollution metres will also be installed.
The initiative is one of 11 projects aimed at reducing pollution with which Elche council plans to secure 10.6 million euros of European funding.
The low-emission zones, which municipalities with more than 50,000 inhabitants are obliged to implement by the Climate Change and Energy Transition Law before 2023, will consist of three large differentiated areas in Elche.
The first will be the city centre and El Palmeral area. The second is also in a central area, from Avenida University Miguel Hernández, through to Ronda Norte, Vinalopó and the CV840.
Finally, the third zone will affect El Raval, Santa Teresa, part of El Pla and Portes Encarnades, as well as a small area in the Altabix neighborhood, at the start of Avenida Alicante.
Councillor for Mobility, Esther Díez, explained there will be restrictions on private traffic in all three zones, but “in some cases they will be stricter than others”.
The degree of limitations will be confirmed in the coming months, although it is expected that zone one, in the town centre, will be the most affected.
“This does not mean that cars will not be able to enter the area at all, it’s likely there will be streets where only residents, shopkeepers, emergency vehicles or parking users will be allowed to circulate,” added Díez.
Along with new signaling, control cameras and emission monitors, bus routes will be modified and new ones created.
The overall aim is to promote the improvement of air quality, the sustainable transformation of public transport and the digitisation of mobility in the urban area.
Image: Ayuntamiento de Aspe