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Once the order is signed, the electronic gates must be turned off. From November 14 to December 3, 2020, the doors of the limited traffic areas of the historic center, Tridente, Trastevere, Testaccio and San Lorenzo are deactivated 24 hours a day, every day of the week.
The doors outside
The Mayor’s provision, the Capitol explained, “was adopted to facilitate travel around the city during this phase of the health emergency.” Obviously, the driving bans planned for the Green Sunday of November 15 are still in force. They are two different measures. The second was created to reduce pollutant emission levels. The decision to turn off the LTZ instead, as explained, serves to facilitate commuting.
The critics
The disposition of the Capitol was immediately questioned. Compared with the dire situation of commerce and the economy of the historic center of Rome, Mayor Raggi demonstrates an evil that goes beyond all limits: the entrances to the ZTL open at exactly 6:00 p.m. at the same time as the closing of all the restoration activities, while the shutters of bars and restaurants are lowered, citizens can finally enter a deserted historic center “objected the deputy and regional coordinator of the Brothers of Italy Paolo Trancassini. The parliamentarian also pointed a finger at the ecological Sunday “a coup de grace in this already serious situation and compared to a day that could have been productive for the activities in Rome.”
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Past ordinances
The Capitol’s position, regarding the maintenance of electronic gates even during the pandemic, is fueling discontent even within the five-star majority. The mayor issued the first order to suspend the ZTL during the so-called “phase two”. In May, this provision was extended until August 30. An election publicly stigmatized by the president of the mobility commission Enrico Stefàno (M5s).
Also of the M5 the request to deactivate the ZTL
As of August 31, the electronic gates will work again. Its reactivation, until November 13, has sparked protests from businessmen and opposition parties. But Marcello De Vito, the number two of the M5 in the Capitol, has not convinced either. The president of the Capitoline Assembly, in mid-October, had in fact stressed the need to “once again allow the free circulation of vehicles in the center of our city until the emergency passes.” In a way, De Vito explained, it would help give “a little oxygen to the local economy, devastated by this pandemic.” A month later that measure was adopted, also invoked by the president of the Aula Giulio Cesare. It enters into force on November 14 and, except for an extension, lasts for the next three weeks.
