Removing cars from an expanse around the Eiffel Tower to create a green pathway sounds pretty good on paper, but the mayor of Paris is struggling to win over residents and the police force. Mayor Anne Hidalgo said that she wants to push ahead with a project to kick out the cars and create a continuous garden between the Eiffel Tower and the Trocadero esplanade.
Hidalgo launched the project in 2019 but soon clashed with the city's police chief at the time and right-wing mayors of three of the city's districts over concerns about traffic disruptions. Removing cars from an expanse around the Eiffel Tower to create a green pathway sounds pretty good on paper, but the mayor of Paris is struggling to win over residents and above all the police force to revamp one of the city's most celebrated view