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Valencia’s Low-Emission Zone Stalls Again After Opposition Rejects PP’s Revised Ordinance

The collapse of a council vote leaves the city exposed to the loss of roughly €115 million in transport-linked funding.

Overview

  • Mobility councillor Jesús Carbonell unveiled a third draft that moves the ban on resident A‑label vehicles up to July 1, 2027, ties future limits on B‑label outsiders to 2030 pollution thresholds, and extends the perimeter to the V‑30 to include San Isidro, San Marcelino and El Marítimo.
  • The latest text failed at the November plenary after Compromís and PSPV/PSOE refused to back it, keeping the city without a low‑emission ordinance.
  • Vox had already derailed an earlier PP–Vox draft by withdrawing support at October’s plenary despite approving the text in committee days before.
  • PP and Vox voted down opposition motions on air‑quality measures as Carbonell asked rivals to abstain rather than support, a tactic the opposition rejected.
  • Opposition parties and neighborhood groups call the plan too lax and warn of traffic displacement, while noncompliance with national climate law could trigger the loss and repayment of EU and state transport subsidies.