They did not receive a fine, because the sanctions will not be applied until April 2025, but their recording was taken, and never said better. The cameras installed on October 1 by the Town Hall of Grenade In their Low Emissions Zone, they have since detected 34,500 non-compliances, of which 10,000 correspond to vehicles having regularly driven in regulated places.
The spokesperson for the government team, Jorge Saavedraexplained that owners of cars that have driven in the low-emission zone without complying with the required parameters will be informed in writing so that they are aware of the violation and will be informed that they have five months to adapt to regulations.
The restrictions are fewActually. They only concern vehicles not registered in Granada – which do not pay road tax in the capital – and which do not have any environmental label. In practice, gasoline cars registered before 2001 and diesel cars in circulation since before 2006.
Saavedra and the advisor responsible for Mobility, Ana Agudostressed that drivers will have sufficient information. “We will send vehicle owners a link to the website where they will be informed of the perimeter of the low-emission zone and, therefore, the restrictions,” said Ana Agudo.
Saavedra, for his part, stressed that the implementation of this measure responds not only to a legal imposition, but also to a “will” of the town hall to “improve quality of life» of the inhabitants of Granada, which involves reducing pollution. Granada, according to several studies, is one of the most polluted capitals in Spain.
However, he added that the need to improve air quality must be “balanced” with maintaining air quality. local economy “and with Granada’s own mobility.” He also recalled that 70% of the traffic that the capital supports comes from outside, but that does not necessarily mean that we should do without it. “We don’t want people to stop coming by car from the metropolitan area, from the rest of the province, and of course we are not going to abandon those who come by car to do tourism,” he said. underlines.
