Newly elected Paris mayor Emmanuel Grégoire has unveiled his plans to increase pedestrian areas and improve safety, as well as beautify up to 1,000 'blackspots' in the city.
Paris mayor Emmanuel Grégoire has pledged to address “1,000 problem areas” as he unveiled his plans for improving public spaces in the city, promising a “right to beauty” in all neighbourhoods.
“I am aware of the dissatisfaction of many Parisians regarding the quality of public spaces,” Grégoire said in an interview with Le Figaro.
He also declared that pedestrians are the "absolute priority" of his mandate - outlining plans to pedestrianising more public spaces and create a police unit to deal with violence by motorists.
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