This week, the Madrid City Council has agreed to reduce polluting emissions in the capital over the next 4 years. Under the name of Madrid 360, this has put an end to the Central Madrid of the previous consistory and that José Luis Martínez Almeida had promised to knock down. That yes, being many of the similar measures, there are small details that can generate confusion among Madrid drivers.
Madrid will continue to have restrictions on certain vehicles, marked with the environmental labels ordered by the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT). In order to separate the most polluting cars and motorcycles from the electric, hybrid and more modern ones, which generally emit fewer emissions, in addition, the new municipal ordinance has included a series of advances that will try to make the capital a more clean by 2025.
With the , as of 2022, vehicles with A badge will not be able to pass inside it, as well as not circulate through it from 2023 and throughout the municipal territory of Madrid from 2024. The great novelty of Almeida in his Madrid 360 that has as a base the already extinct Madrid Central that was approved during the legislature of Manuela Carmena.
Madrid Central gives way to the Central District of Madrid 360
An area free of polluting emissions that included the center of the capital and where it was impossible to access with a vehicle unless it had the ZERO or ECO environmental label, had a resident permit or entered a public or private garage, mainly. With those who jumped his perimeter without authorization, despite the fact that he was highly criticized by Almeida, with trials in between, his consistory has now decided to maintain this special surveillance area.
That yes, already with all the permits in order, since the courts agreed with the now mayor’s complaint, a series of novelties have also been included such as that the merchants of the interior of this area are equated with the residents, being able to spend Thus, at designated times, the entry of motorcycles is extended by one hour and a new special surveillance area is created. In the territory of Plaza Elíptica, there are a series of streets that cannot be crossed if the requirements indicated by the City Council are not met.
How to check with the registration if you can enter?
A whole series of novelties that, yes, to clarify all doubts, the consistory has made available to citizens through which it is possible to see perfectly if a vehicle can or cannot enter these low emission zones.
Entering the license plate on the official website of Madrid 360, it is indicated what emblem the car or motorcycle in question has, what its situation is in each of the special surveillance zones (Madrid ZBE, Distrito Centro and Plaza Elíptica), as well as where can park carefully in the SER zone and what situation the vehicle would have if the high pollution protocol were activated.
In this way, each Madrilenian or visitor to the capital can easily check their situation and clarify all doubts in order to avoid a future fine. All in order to improve air quality in the region, according to the notices sent directly from the European Union and reduce congested vehicle traffic in the most conflictive areas of the Villa.
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