As Paris prepares to host the 2024 Summer Olympics in just over two year’s time, the famed Champs-Élysées will have a new look to welcome the world.
The iconic avenue is one of the most recognized locales in the world, but for many Parisians it’s a congested and polluted eyesore.
That is about to change as Paris continues getting ready for the 2024 Games.
Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo plans to increase green areas and reduce pollution not just along the Champs-Élysées, but all around the city.
“It’s a reduction of the space for cars, to be clear, because that’s how we need to envision the city of the future,” she said.
The plan is to widen the pedestrian ring surrounding the Arc de Triomphe, rework the gardens, create a hectare-and-a-half of green spaces and plant over 100 trees. Work on the street is set to begin “in a matter of weeks.”
The Champs-Élysées dates back to 1670 and is the main focal point for many celebrations and protests in the French capital. It is also the finish line of the famed Tour de France bicycle race every summer. The mayor admits the avenue has “lost a lot of its splendor in the past 30 years.”
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