New episode of fine particle pollution. The Paris police prefecture has reduced the authorized speed by 20 km / h and prohibits individual heating with wood during the day of January 1 in Ile-de-France, due to an episode of "persistent" pollution with fine particles .
This "concentration of PM10 fine particles reached 63 g / m3 on December 30" and Airparif, association for monitoring air quality in Ile-de-France, predicted "a concentration of PM10 fine particles between 55 and 75 g / m3 on January 1, ie exceeding the information-recommendation threshold set at 50 g / m3 ”, justifies the Prefecture of Police in a press release.
Wood heating also prohibited
To reduce this pollution, it therefore decided to lower, from January 1 at 5.30 a.m., to 110 km / h the maximum speed authorized on the portions of roads usually limited to 130 km / h, to 90 km / h on those limited to 110 km / h and 70 km / h on roads limited to 90 km / h or 80 km / h. Heavy goods vehicles weighing more than 3.5 tonnes must bypass the area by the Paris ring road.
In addition, "noting the very large share of the concentration of PM10 fine particles directly attributable to wood heating of 800,000 households in Ile-de-France", the Police Prefecture also prohibited the use of "individual wood heating d 'extra or pleasure'.
The exemptions allowing the open burning of green waste are also suspended, adds the Police Prefecture.
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