Parisians back 'garden roads' scheme in record low turnout

Some two-thirds of those who voted in the poll on Sunday backed the plan, dubbed the "garden roads" scheme, but only four percent of the Paris electorate turned out to cast their ballots. Paris city hall under Socialist mayor Anne Hidalgo is fond of using such de-facto referendums to push through plans, notably enforcing change after past votes to ban rental e-scooters and triple parking charges for SUVs. But the opposition led by the right accuse Hidalgo of using them as a stunt to give the moves a veneer of legitimacy.