A controversial plan to pedestrianise a stretch of road running alongside the Seine River through central Paris has been approved by the city council.
The "historic" scheme, which has been described by the Mayor of Paris as "the end of an urban motorway and the taking back of the Seine", will see 3.3km of an express way on the Right Bank of the river permanently shut to vehicles, in an effort to tackle pollution in the city.
The length of road stretching from Tuileries gardens near the Louvre to the Henri-IV tunnel near the Bastille, which is part of a UNESCO world heritage site, was previously used by around 43,000 cars a day, Le Monde reports.
The project, expected to cost around €8 million, will add wooden walkways and foliage to the river bank, while leaving a lane for emergency vehicles. [...]
Medical experts have blamed air pollution for 2,500 deaths each year in the city and 6,600 in the greater metropolitan area.
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