Some prices will almost double from September 1 in red and green zones – the price for two hours in the red zone will go from 5 to 9.20 euros, while it will increase from 3 to 5.50 euros in the green zone, editor’s note. However, in doing so, the city only aligned itself in 12 municipalities in the capital which apply the scales planned at the regional level, underlined the alderman in charge of Anaïs Maes (Vooruit) on Monday.
Some prices will almost double
Conversely, the inhabitants will benefit from a series of more advantageous measures. Among the measures that will enter into force on July 1, the paying parking period in residential areas will be reduced by two hours, stopping at 7:00 p.m. It will be maintained until 9:00 p.m. in areas of high activity (Pentagon, Louise, Heysel). From this date, the amounts of the parking fees and those of the local cards will be aligned with the regional rate.
Some more advantageous measures
The duration of free parking for parking meters will drop from 15 to 20 minutes from September to allow short -term stops. From January 2026, the number of free visitors tickets for residents will be doubled, going from 10 to 20. Beyond, these tickets remain chargeable, and the maximum remains limited to 100 (free + paid). To this set of measures is added a social advance: the card “helping“Until now issued in a unofficial manner now benefits from a clear official framework. The alderman of mobility has finally specified that a dialogue would be initiated with neighboring municipalities in order to better coordinate the rules in the neighboring municipal areas.
Ecolo abstains, PTB and Team Ahidar reject
In the opposition, the Greens abstained, not without having pointed out that the price of parking “explode” – From 9 million in 2021, via 14 million in 2022 to 35 million in 2024/2025 -,”Stronging families hard, with no real effect or ambition (the) on mobility“, a this benoît slopes.”The parking ticket, it is simply a tax“, A Jugé Bruno Bauwens (PTB).”The scan-car is actually a rackery car“. All this while the taxes on the car parks hardly increase. For the elected official of the far left, the inhabitants who pay the bill while the large private parking structures are spared taxes. For the Fouad Ahidar team, Mourad Maimouni has deplored the choice of the majority to increase the recipes via parking while more and more people do not want to come to the center parking prices he deems prohibitive.
