Paris plans green makeover of Champs-Elysees for Olympics


By AGENCY
  • Living
  • Wednesday, 18 May 2022

Over the centuries, the famous Champs Elysee avenue has been the stage for the high and low moments in French history, hosting celebrations and commemorations as well as protests, notably the violent Yellow Vest movement. Photo: AFP

Paris will give the famed Champs-Elysees a makeover ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games by planting trees and increasing pedestrian areas, the French capital's officials said recently (May 11).

The French often call it "the most beautiful avenue in the world" but activists complain that traffic and luxury retail have turned it into a noisy and elitist area shunned by ordinary Parisians.

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