Marseille car park: Benoît Payan announces slashing the car fleet.
Benoît Payan announced a drastic cut in the thousand vehicles owned by the city.
A measure intended to make significant savings, while an investigation for an abuse and misappropriation of public property at the car park is underway.
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Immigration, energy, soaring prices, schools, transport ... Invited by France Info this morning, Benoît Payan answered current issues. Among which the exorbitant bill linked to the soaring energy prices against the background of inflation which weighs for an additional 25 million euros in the municipality's finances. A budget line that the city hall had anticipated, in particular by raising the rates of its property tax.
As such, and after having already taken the decision to limit the public lighting of certain buildings, the mayor of Marseille indicated that the city will "halve the city's car fleet", which has nearly 1,000 vehicles. "A huge park, perhaps the largest in France.
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Objectively, it's useless," said the socialist elected official. He also specifies that he has asked the agents to reduce their fuel consumption by 30%.
An announcement that comes after the Marseille prosecutor's office opened an investigation for suspicions of embezzlement and abuse of public property, as well as theft, committed by city agents within the car park, as 20 Minutes told you. A case in which the mayor filed a complaint, recalled Benoît Payan. The opportunity for the municipality to kill two birds with one stone: reduce the budget wing of the city in a context of necessary savings, and cut a service that would present serious malfunctions.
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