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In order to guarantee the safety of the pedestrians, the Rue du Chêne, the Impasse du Val des Roses, and the Rue de l'Etuve (between 59-65/48-52) will become a restricted traffic zone from 25 April 2018. These streets are then accessible for local traffic with admission tickets.

The City of Brussels is adapting the municipal road permit for the arrival of electric charging stations. The switch to vehicles without exhaust gases is important to improve air quality.

In 2018, the Grand-Place will be on the World Heritage List for 20 years. To celebrate this anniversary, the City of Brussels organizes a whole series of events. The first in line is the placement of 7 logos around the Grand-Place that refer to the World Heritage status. The placement of the bronze plates started on Monday 19 March and should take another two weeks.

The Archives of the City of Brussels launch a new website on 15 March 2018. The website is only available in Dutch and French.

After the attacks of 22 March 2016, the Archives of the City of Brussels collected the messages that were deposited at the Bourse and at the Maalbeek metro station. The service has also taken photographs of the messages that were written at the Bourse with chalk on the walls or on the ground. All these messages are now online on the new website of the Archives.

Within the dynamics of good governance and transparency started by the City of Brussels, the GIAL Board of Directors decided to put the audit that was presented on 23 January 2018 online. This document is therefore freely accessible and can be downloaded on this website.