Milan closes to the most polluting cars with the new Area B bans that
start on Saturday 1 October
and which have already caused the political clash between the Municipality and the Lombardy Region, which is asking for a postponement of the measure given the economic crisis.
Straight ahead the mayor of Milan Beppe Sala
: on Area B "my council remains cohesive, we will go on. Even today at the junta we remembered how every passage that has changed the mobility in Milan, starting from the pedestrianization of Corso Vittorio Emanuele, via Dante , Area C, have always aroused a lot of controversy - he added -. Then time passes and people consider it natural or right. I remember that Area C has produced 30% less traffic over time. It is a good reference".
THE NEW REGULATIONS
The largest LTZ in Italy, which corresponds to almost the entire city area, was established in 2019 to prevent the access and circulation of the most polluting vehicles in the city.
From Saturday with the new pass in Milan
Diesel cars up to euro 5 and petrol cars up to euro 2 will no longer be able to circulate, from Monday to Friday from 7:30 to 19:30
.
There are exceptions to the provision, for example by installing the Move-In black box that allows you to travel a ceiling of annual kilometers by way of derogation.
You can then take advantage of 50 days of access, even if not consecutive, in the period between the date of the first access and 30 September 2023.
But this is not enough for the Region, which has been clamoring in recent days, through its president Attilio Fontana, to postpone the new prohibitions given the difficult economic situation of the moment.
The Lombard governor also asked for a discussion table to discuss with Aci and the Municipality but the mayor of Milan, Giuseppe Sala, did not want to hear reasons.
"Postponements are not in my style because I'm doing exactly what I proposed in the election campaign - he replied -. A lot of politics enjoys shooting and not applying them. I'm not better than others but I'm more consistent, I had it. said therefore there is no possibility of postponements ".
The mayor also argued against the "shooting" of the League and its leader, Matteo Salvini,
who in a garrison against Area B had said that the new bans would involve 1 million Lombard.
A study carried out by Amat, the Mobility Environment and Territory Agency of the Municipality of Milan, on the entry flows in Area B, showed that the cameras detect an average of 403,000 entrances every day (20,150 motorcycles, 36,270 vans and 346,580 cars).
The new rules scheduled for Saturday will affect 47,283 vehicles, equal to approximately 13% of those entering Area B on a daily basis
.