Lombardy’s anti smog laws challenged
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The Lombardy region’s plans to bring in tough anti smog laws are to be challenged by central Government. The Government say that the Lombardy region can not impose laws on main roads as it breaches national laws. From October this year Lombardy wants to ban cars without catalytic converters and offenders will be fined up to 450 euros. Fine particle pollution caused by cars is a big problem in cities in Italy. In Milan, the capital of Lombardy, the limit of more than 50 micrograms per cubic metre is exceed on 152 days of the year.
You would think that central Government would be encouraging the introduction of such measures. It will be interesting to see how much support there will be for the symbolc one day traffic ban in Lombardy on the 25 of February. As a tourist walking around in Italian cities I would be happy if they managed to reduce pollution but it would be even better if the number of cars were reduced. Trying to cross the busy streets especially in Rome, really is daunting as you literally have to step out in front of oncoming cars before they will stop. I have hired a car when I have been in Italy, in particular if I am visiting a more rural location such as Lake Iseo but if I am visiting a city such as Milan or Bergamo I wouldn’t consider driving.
