In Rennes, three new sectors will soon be affected by paid parking.
The city wants to fight against the phenomenon of vacuum cars which prevent residents from parking, especially around the station.
New sectors will soon be affected by the switch to paid parking, in particular around metro line B stations.
The passage of a street in paid parking is often perceived as “a punishment” by the population.
But rarely by its residents.
In Rennes, it was even the inhabitants of the Gare Sud sector who made the request to the municipality.
The reason is quite simple.
The streets around their accommodation are often taken by train regulars, who find here an opportunity to park for free for the day or for several days.
Much to the chagrin of the locals.
On Monday evening, the city council voted in favor of expanding paid parking on several streets.
“Places, our city has no shortage of them.
But there is an urgent need for the community to regain control of our streets, ”assures Valérie Faucheux, mobility assistant.
The elected official has listed more than 20,000 places on the road, 6,200 places in public parking and 2,200 places in relay car parks.
“We dedicate at least 20 hectares of our city to parked vehicles”.
“This moves the problem to other neighborhoods”
The three sectors concerned are as follows: Gare Sud to the west of rue de l'Alma, Mabilais to the west of boulevard Malakoff and rue Claude Bernard and around the Jules Ferry metro station.
"This decision is the result of consultation with residents who complained about long-term parking," says Mayor Nathalie Appéré.
An opinion that does not share the elected opposition Antoine Cressard, who believes that the city adopts "a very enlightening punitive vision on the approach to parking in Rennes".
The elected representative of the LREM group warns that “this moves the problem to other neighborhoods”.
The perimeter of paid parking in Rennes extends to 3 new zones: Sud-Gare, Mabilais/Claude Bernard and Thabor/St Helier, i.e. 1,200 places on the road which become paying.
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In the three new sectors, local residents will be able to take out a monthly subscription to park on the street without having to pay each time they leave.
The amount is fixed: 13 euros per month in the green zone and 45 euros per month in the red zone.
The city will have to buy 300 additional parking meters which are being installed “for gradual implementation in the last quarter of 2022”, assures Valérie Faucheux.
The bill is salty: more than two million euros will be disbursed.
This extension of the perimeter should not be the last in Rennes.
When line B of the metro is delivered in September, the problem will undoubtedly “move” around the stations not affected by paid parking.
"We will have increased attention in the different districts around line B such as Cleunay or Maurepas", promises the mayor.
Its services are also working on solidarity pricing for the most modest households.
“In some sectors, the monthly subscription could be a complicated financial responsibility”.
Two thousand relay parking spaces will be created along the route of line B.
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