Clean vehicles, ventilation, ammonia: the Île-de-France region chaired by Valérie Pécresse (LR) presented Tuesday March 21, without convincing its environmentalist opposition, a new plan for improving air quality, the first having, according to her, “
paid off
”.
The plan rolled out during Valérie Pécresse's first term of office has enabled "
rapid and lasting improvement in air quality in the Ile-de-France region
" with reductions of 30 to 40% in the concentrations of suspended particles and nitrogen dioxide. , the region said in a statement.
Go beyond French regulations and comply with WHO thresholds.
Olivier Blond, environmental health delegate for the region
“
There were 2.9 million Ile-de-France residents exposed to threshold overruns in 2010, there are less than 60,000 today
,” says the region again.
But "
pollution levels remain above the new values recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the situation is deteriorating for ozone
", says the region.
The objective of the new plan is “
to go beyond French regulations and to comply with WHO thresholds
”, says Olivier Blond, environmental health delegate for the region.
The eight actions identified, without a precise envelope for the most part, represent an estimated overall budget "
of 900 million euros until 2028
", he indicates.
“List of actions without quantified objectives”
The region announces to increase the ceiling of clean vehicles that it subsidizes: up to five for craftsmen and small businesses, ten for delivery companies.
In addition to the installation of sensors in nurseries and schools, the region wants to “
open up funding to repair or maintain ventilation systems
” in establishments welcoming fragile public, underlines Olivier Blond.
A first budget of 6 million euros is planned to "
find solutions
" to pollution linked to the mechanical braking of trains in underground stations, says the elected representative of the right-wing majority.
The plan also plans to support the replacement of polluting generators in festivals, or so that farmers manage to "
very significantly reduce their ammonia emissions
", sums up Olivier Blond.
Not enough to convince the environmental group which denounced in a press release “
a list of actions without quantified objectives and which is not based on any readable and objective assessment
”.
The opposition group is calling for “
urgent priority actions
”, such as “
all public transport free during pollution peaks
”.