This Friday, February 2, in the morning, the farmers who have been blocking the Nîmes portion of the A9 for more than a week, evacuated Nîmes West. The last tractors left the A9 around 10 a.m. .But the reopening of the highway will not be immediate.
They said it, they put the words into action. Like almost everywhere in France – and while the Minister of Agriculture is expected at the end of the day in the department – the demonstrators who had occupied the A9 motorway since last week packed up this Friday, February 2 in the morning. The last tractors left Nîmes West, a little before 10 a.m. And the gendarmes are currently present on site to ensure the smooth running of the operation.
A necessary inspection of Vinci
However, the reopening of the Nîmes-Ouest-Nîmes Est section will not be immediate. If the farmers proceeded this morning to clean this axis where they have taken turns day and night for more than a week, it will then be the turn of the operator Vinci to take over to inspect the impacted portion. For safety reasons, checks are underway on one of the bridges over the A9. The work would have been more or less impacted by a fire, during its eight days of demonstration by the farmers of Gard
Note that Marc Fesneau, Minister of Agriculture, who is expected in Hérault this afternoon, will meet a delegation of Gard farmers this Friday evening.