The City of Grenoble, judging the air pollution control plan of the Isère prefecture to be very insufficient, is taking the State to court to "derail the inertia
"
and obtain that it return strongly to the raises its ambitions, announced Thursday the mayor Éric Piolle.
Drawn up by the prefecture, the 3rd Atmosphere Protection Plan (PPA) for the Grenoble conurbation is a document governed by the Environment Code defining objectives and measures in terms of air quality, mandatory in large agglomerations.
It was approved in December by the prefect for the period 2022-2027 despite the "
clearly unfavorable
" opinion of the City of Grenoble, explained Éric Piolle during a press briefing.
People at risk
According to him, the PPA, as it stands, "
does not allow healthy air to be breathed in Grenoble and the surrounding towns
" and "
will not allow the thresholds recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) to be reached. )
”.
"
It is my responsibility as mayor to say that these framework documents are not up to par, so that the people of Grenoble are in danger, that's what we are doing today," he said
. .
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An appeal was filed on February 16 before the Administrative Court of Grenoble in order to obtain “
the cancellation and rewriting of a more ambitious PPA that respects the health of the inhabitants of municipalities exposed to atmospheric pollutants, fine particles and carbon dioxide. 'nitrogen
,' he said.
“
We are attacking this document so that the State comes out of this culpable inaction and implements measures which truly allow us to have a guaranteed air quality horizon in Grenoble
”, he underlined, recalling that the state has already been condemned several times for inaction in the fight against pollutants and climate change.
Exposed schools
In Lyon, Grenoble, Chambéry and Annecy, “
all schools are exposed to concentrations dangerous to health
”, underlined for her part Laura Pfister, Assistant for Equal Rights.
According to her, children are "
the first to be affected
" and exposure to air pollution can lead to asthma, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases and early mortality.
In addition, "
air pollution is a political disease
", which particularly affects disadvantaged communities, she explained.
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Regularly subject to episodes of fine particle pollution, the City of Grenoble has implemented various measures in recent years to reduce emissions from road traffic and wood heating and reduce fuel poverty.
Recently, it has been informing residents daily about the quality of the air the next day thanks to a color code projected on a cable car pylon visible from a large part of the city.
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