The installation of the first Low Emission Zone cameras without penalties begins in Elche

Elche City Council has started putting up the first cameras and sensors in the Low Emission Zone. This is part of the Vive Elche project, which aims to improve mobility, […]

October 20, 2025 2 Mins Read

Elche City Council has started putting up the first cameras and sensors in the Low Emission Zone. This is part of the Vive Elche project, which aims to improve mobility, create more green spaces, make traffic flow better, and bring back urban spaces. The project is also about recycling and changing the brand’s image to fit the Urban Agenda.

Claudio Guilabert, the area’s councillor, said that this new monitoring system will help us figure out “the traffic flows we experience at the entrances and exits of the municipality, the volume of vehicles in each lane or avenue, and also whether or not there is noise and acoustic pollution.” The councillor also said that all of this information will help the City Council “adopt traffic measures based on technical data and make plans for how to get around.”

First step

Already, cameras have been put up on Calle Curtidores, Calle Fray Luis de León, Calle Antonio Machado, Calle Julio Sánchez Gómez, Calle Aurelio Coquillat Pascual , and Calle Capitán Gaspar Ortiz in this initial phase. This is an innovative and cutting-edge system in Spain that will let people analyse traffic in real time to help them make decisions and get around cities more easily. The deployment will keep on until there are 69 licence plate reading cameras, 38 video analytics cameras, 17 multi-lane radars, 28 long-range Bluetooth antennas, and 15 noise sensors installed.

Guilabert stressed that “none of these devices will be used to punish anyone; their only purpose is to provide information and analysis.” We will use the data we get to figure out capacity, traffic flow, and find incidents. He also said that the system will have a command centre where all information can be accessed in real time. The Traffic Department will work with the Local Police to coordinate and analyse the data that is collected.

The monitoring system should be up and running by the end of the year, and all the information collected on the Vive Elche project will be available on the City Council’s official website.