“We need time, we need to be more tolerant,” explained Martine Vassal, the various right-wing president of the Aix-Marseille-Provence metropolis, in an interview on Sunday.
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The extension planned for 2025 of the Low Emission Zone (ZFE) to Crit’Air 3 vehicles in the center of Marseille is postponed “sine die”announced, Sunday February 4, the various right-wing president of the Aix-Marseille-Provence metropolis in an interview with La Tribune Sunday.
“I have decided not to implement Crit’Air 3, which was to come into force on January 1, 2025 in Marseille. I am postponing it sine die. We need time, we need to be more tolerant”, justifies Martine Vassal. A ZFE was set up in the center of Marseille in 2022, first excluding the most polluting vehicles (Crit’Air 5) then the Crit’Air 4.
Eleven metropolises have started to deploy ZFEs
“Not everyone has the opportunity to equip themselves with an electric vehicle in such a short time”she adds, recalling that her community has just announced the establishment of aid of 5,000 euros for the purchase of an electric vehicle for residents and traders, subject to resource conditions.
To date, eleven metropolises have started deploying EPZs, each with their own timetable. Their creations result from the mobility orientation law (LOM) of 2019. A generalization in France of these zones is provided for by law by 2025 in the 43 urban areas with more than 150,000 inhabitants.
