Aarhus has adopted a new mobility plan. It costs DKK 1.8 billion and will be the most expensive for motorists.
A majority in Aarhus municipality adopted a new mobility plan on Wednesday this week. The plan will cost the municipality DKK 1.8 billion. And it has significant consequences for motorists in the city.
In large parts of Aarhus, speeding above 40 km/h will be prohibited, while elsewhere the speed must drop to 30 km/h.
This appears from the text of the agreement which the municipality has posted on its website.
Another part of the plan is also road pricing, aka a toll ring, which the municipality wants to set up across Aarhus. However, this requires a majority in Christiansborg saying yes.
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And if it doesn't happen, motorists shouldn't be happy too often.
In an interview with Aarhus Stiftstidende, the conservative councilor for Technology and the Environment, Nicolaj Bang, says that he will go to great lengths to make life as miserable for motorists as possible.
– If you go around hoping that it doesn't come to anything, then I can say that it really is something we mean.
– We will be fashioned again in 2027, because if road pricing is not an option, some other drastic steps must be taken to achieve our goals, says the conservative councillor.
The municipality already has several models for road pricing, which Boosted was already able to tell months ago that the municipality will introduce, in play.
It could be GPS tracking of all motorists, if they do not have to pay at a barrier to enter Aarhus at all. However, the municipality is also considering making it more expensive to drive a car during rush hour.
Finally, the municipality will introduce a zero-emission zone, where nothing but hydrogen and electric cars are allowed. Everything must make the municipality CO2-neutral by 2050 at the latest.
As a small plaster on the wound, the municipality will force motorists to jump on buses on the outskirts of Aarhus to enter the city. These bus routes, on the other hand, must be free to use.
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