The city of Valencia will only apply the restrictions of the low emissions law when the pollution thresholds are exceeded, a remote possibility that the mayor of Mobility, Jesús Carbonell, described on Friday as "a remote possibility."
This was explained by the popular councilor after the meeting of the Government Board when he explained that "after carrying out the reports relating to the city's pollution thresholds to determine the Low Emissions Zone, no neighborhood in Valencia reaches the stipulated limits." For this reason, he pointed out that it will not be necessary to impose restrictions - which he did not want to detail.
Of course, the head of Mobility of the new council indicated that the Valencia City Council is finalizing the regulation to comply with the provisions of the Low Emissions Law. "The ZBE is launched and the cameras will be installed, but there is no need to apply restrictive measures. We will only apply restrictions when the thresholds are exceeded, but it is a remote possibility," he said.
However, the PP councilor showed his confidence that in the case of the cap i casal, the limitations on road traffic will only have to be applied on a specific day, so the entry of vehicles will not have to be routinely prohibited or sanctions applied.
Carbonell defended that, according to the first studies related to the pollution thresholds in the city to determine the future Low Emissions Zone, "no neighborhood in Valencia reaches the stipulated limits so there will be no need to apply restrictive measures."
Thus, the Mobility Councilor explained that since the legislation contemplates that all municipalities with more than 50,000 inhabitants must prepare an ordinance, the city of Valencia is working on it, complying with state and European regulations, but, he reiterated, “in our "In this case, restrictive measures will not need to be applied in general."
