In which municipalities will low emission zones (ZBEs) be implemented starting from January 1, 2023? Here are the municipalities affected in Spain.
The Law 7/2021, of 20 May, on climate change and the energy transitionin force since the day of its publication in the Official State Gazette, it has established a series of guidelines that determine it from 1 January 2023, populations with more than 50,000 inhabitants will have low-emission zones, i.e. sections in which conventional internal combustion cars will not be able to circulate. This means that municipal councils and other delegations must now make efforts to be able to implement the new rules.
Now, to date, which municipalities are affected by this provision? In Spain, there will be a total of 149 population centers who will have to develop a specialized urban plan in this area. It is a mission for which a sort of moratorium has been granted to give the Authorities more time. The schedule, however, will take effect on January 1 next year.
So let’s see which municipalities are concerned this new regulation according to the Autonomous Community where I am. It is a measure that will reduce pollution in certain spaces, while increasing the commitment to use more sustainable alternatives, such as a greater incentive for public transport. Here are the geographical points where this proposal will take place.
Low-emission zones, these are the 149 municipalities affected
The municipalities affected by the low-emission zones amount to a total of 149 places, which still have a few months to be able carry out the necessary renovations. This is a standard known since May 2021, so that the Municipal Councils could have the time necessary to make the necessary adjustments to the road network. Even so, it is a controversial measure that will cause higher traffic density in related areas. This, therefore, would lead to higher emissions in the areas contiguous to these specific zones.
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Low-emission zones have become one of the public tools to suffocate a little more the marketing of cars with conventional mechanics. Through regulations, the use of vehicles with combustion engines is restricted, a practice that has spread to Europe and other continents. Here, in Spain, the municipalities affected by this measure:
- Andalusian: Alcalá de Guadaira, Algeciras, Almería, Benalmádena, Cadiz, Chiclana de la Frontera, Córdoba, Dos Hermanas, El Ejido, El Puerto de Santa María, Estepona, Fuengirola, Granada, Huelva, Jaén, Jerez de la Frontera, La Línea de La Concepción, Linares, Málaga, Marbella, Mijas, Motril, Roquetas de Mar, San Fernando, Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Seville, Torremolinos, Utrera, Vélez and Málaga.
- Aragon: Huesca and Zaragoza.
- Asturias: Avilés, Gijón, Oviedo and Siero.
- Balearic Islands: Calvià, Ibiza and Palma de Mallorca.
- Canary Islands: Arona, Arrecife, Granadilla de Abona, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, San Bartolomé de Tirajana, San Cristóbal de La Laguna • Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Santa Lucía de Tirajana and Telde.
- cantabria: Santander and Torrelavega.
- Castile and Leon: Ávila, Burgos, León, Palencia, Ponferrada, Salamanca, Segovia, Valladolid and Zamora.
- Castile-La Mancha: Albacete, Ciudad Real, Cuenca, Guadalajara, Talavera de la Reina and Toledo.
- Catalonia: Badalona, Barcelona, Castelldefels, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Cornellà de Llobregat, Girona, Granollers, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Lleida, Manresa, Mataró, Mollet del Vallès, Reus, Rubí, Sabadell, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Tarragona, Terrassa, Viladecans and Vilanova i la Geltrú.
- Valencian Community: Alicante, Alcoi, Benidorm, Castellón de la Plana, Elche, Gandía, Orihuela, Paterna, Sagunto, San Vicente del Raspeig, Torrent, Torrevieja, Valencia and Villareal.
- Extremadura: Badajoz, Caceres and Merida.
- Galicia: La Coruña, Ferrol, Lugo, Ourense, Pontevedra, Santiago de Compostela and Vigo.
- La Rioja: Logroño.
- Madrid: Alcalá de Henares, Alcobendas, Alcorcón, Aranjuez, Arganda del Rey, Boadilla del Monte, Collado Villalba, Colmenar Viejo, Coslada, Fuenlabrada, Getafe, Leganés, Madrid, Majadahonda, Móstoles, Parla, Pinto, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Rivas Vaciamadrid, Las Rozas de Madrid, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Torrejón de Ardoz and Valdemoro.
- Murcia: Murcia, Cartagena, Lorca and Molina de Segura.
- Navarre: Pamplona.
- Basque country: Baracaldo, Bilbao, Getxo, Irún, San Sebastián and Vitoria.
- Ceuta: Ceuta.
- Melilla: Melilla.
