Strict new Benidorm street rule means £168 fine for breaking it

UK tourists heading to a popular holiday destination in Spain in the European Union in 2025 could be fined up to £168 if they don't comply with a strict new law.

Benidorm has introduced a strict new driving rule with a massive 200 euro fine if you break it. UK tourists heading to a popular holiday destination in Spain in the European Union in 2025 could be fined up to £168 if they don't comply with a strict new law.

Local officials in Benidorm are set to launch a new Low Emission Zone in an effort to crack down on pollution. Anyone found to have fallen foul of the new regulations could be hit with a fine of up to £168 (€200), it has been reported.

City mobility councillor, Francis Muñoz, told the Olive Press: “This will apply to class B vehicles that are not classified as non-polluting. Thanks to the phone app, motorists will be able to check out on available parking areas and travel directly to them without going through the centre of Benidorm or other restricted areas."

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He added: "We want more space for pedestrians and to make it a friendlier city without causing any trauma as many of the measures like bike lanes and pedestrianisation have all been done before by us." The councillor said that vehicles will be regulated better and won’t need to use roads in the ZBE to reach a destination.

A vote at the Benidorm town hall meeting yesterday was almost unanimous in agreeing to push on and impliment the low emission zones planned for a 75 hectare area of the Centro, Poniente and Levante areas of the town. The idea is to keep the worst contaminating vehicles out of these key zones, also to increase pedestrian only areas of some of them.

There is no date given for full implimentation, but many of the cameras are already in place, and the vote yesterday gives the green light to implimentation, according to reports.