Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2023 12:34pm
Emission Zones are required in towns with a population of 50,000 or more. Torrevieja Ayuntamiento haven't published any information on where the zones are to be as of yet. They have until the end of 2023 to introduce the legislation. The zones will have signposts advising of the type of vehicle sticker which is allowed. Obviously these zones can't be in all areas of towns or cities as traffic still has to move in and out and use roads on the outskirts of towns to access other main roads and towns. What is the population of Orihuela Costa? There are 8 towns in Alicante Province to which the legislation will apply and Orihuela Costa is not one of them.
The Comm Valenciana to which the LEZ applies. Towns in Alicante Province are marked in Bold
1.ª Valencia: 800.215 habitantes
2.ª Alicante: 337.482
3.ª Elche: 234.765
4.ª Castellón de la Plana: 174.264
5.ª Torrevieja: 84.667
6.ª Torrent: 83.962
7.ª Orihuela: 78.505
8.ª Gandia: 75.798
9.ª Paterna: 71.035
10ª Benidorm: 70.450
11.ª Sagunto: 67.173
12.ª Alcoy: 59.354
13.ª San Vicente del Raspeig: 58.978
14.ª Elda: 52.813
15.ª Villarreal: 51.293
Cars with labels A, B and C will have restricted access in certain cities due to the application of the new law.
The most affected vehicles are those with the A label. In reality, these are precisely those that do not carry a label and refer to vehicles registered before the year 2001, which may not circulate in the areas delimited by the municipalities, although there are exceptions.
Those with the B label (yellow) correspond to passenger cars and light vans powered by gasoline and registered from January 2000, or diesel from January 2006. Cars with the B sticker can access the ZBE but cannot park inside. of them. They will be able to circulate and park along the perimeter streets of any province, with the exception of Madrid, where it will not be possible to park in the centre/Almendra
The vehicles that have the C label (green) are those passenger cars and vans powered by gasoline and registered in 2006 and diesel cars offered for sale from 2014, in addition to goods transport vehicles registered from 2014 onwards. All of them will be able to drive through any Low Emission Zone (ZBE), although in Madrid there are some restrictions for vehicles of this type.
Label 0 emissions. Color blue. Identify the most efficient vehicles. Battery electric (BEV), extended range electric (REEV), plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) with a range of 40 km or fuel cell vehicles will be entitled to this label.
Eco label. Green/blue color. The next in the efficiency step, it is mostly hybrid or gas vehicles. Plug-in electric vehicles with a range of less than 40 km, non-plug-in hybrids (HEV), vehicles powered by natural gas and gas (CNG and LNG) or liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) are entitled to this label. They must meet the criteria for label C.
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