• In Nice's new Low Emission Zone (ZFE), which includes the hypercentre and the Promenade des Anglais, only vehicles equipped with a Crit'Air 1, 2, 3 or even 4 sticker for private individuals are authorized.

  • A fine is provided for offenders but, in practice, "there will be no control" of the municipal police, says the deputy mayor for traffic Gaël Nofri.

  • In any case, not until the town hall has obtained from the State "the abolition of the toll of Saint-Isidore" which "pollutes much more", according to him.

Since January 1, the most polluting cars no longer have a place in the hypercentre of Nice.

In this new Low Emission Zone (ZFE), which includes the Promenade des Anglais, only vehicles equipped with a Crit'Air sticker 1, 2, 3 or even 4 for private individuals are authorized.

Under penalty of 68 euros fine.

At least, in theory.

Because in practice, "there will be no control" of the municipal police, said the deputy mayor Gaël Nofri, this Wednesday morning at the microphone of France Bleu azur.



"We have no desire for control as long as the government does not correlate with what it asks of us", supported the elected traffic representative, recalling that the town hall demanded "the abolition of the toll of Saint Isidore”.

According to him, the benefits in terms of pollution would be greater than those obtained by this ZFE, imposed progressively, except exemption, with all the agglomerations of more than 150.000 inhabitants.

For the benefit of “one in four Nice residents”

In November, the mayor of Nice had already banged his fist on the table on this subject, citing the results of a study by Atmosud.

According to the conclusions of the organization, the abolition of this toll would lead to a "degradation [of air quality] for 16,000 inhabitants close to the motorway and its accesses" but would lead to an "improvement in the city center for 80,000 inhabitants.

"This represents one in four Nice people", pleaded Christian Estrosi.

Questioned by

20 Minutes

, the Vinci Autoroutes concessionaire indicated that "the removal of a motorway toll is a decision which is the responsibility of the State".

Asked then, the Ministry of Ecological Transition did not respond.

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