The Minister Delegate in charge of Transport was the guest of France Inter this Tuesday, the day after the presentation of the ecological planning axes by the President of the Republic.
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“I will make strong decisions in the coming weeks“, assured the Minister Delegate in charge of Transport Clément Beaune Tuesday September 26 on France Interpromising that “several projects“motorways”will be arrested“.”We have never done this in our country“, also affirmed the minister.
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“For many projects, we will make courageous decisions to stop, because we have to be consistent: in this era of ecological planning, we cannot do as before.t”, added Clément Beaune. “We have already halved the kilometers of roads we build in the country. And we will continue this effort: more rails and fewer roads.“
The question of the A69
As to “projects that are in progress“, including the A69 between Toulouse and Castres, “on will reduce their impact on the environment“, concluded Clément Beaune, specifying that”we must move forward!“. This axis is at the heart of a standoff between environmentalist associative circles and political decision-makers.
Thus, according to Atécopol, a collective of 200 Toulouse scientists, including two authors from the IPCC, said:not in favor of the construction of the A69 motorway“and wish”the cessation of work on this highway project“, we can read this Sunday in an open letter to political decision-makers who support the A69 project. The A69 motorway will compete with the existing railway line, underline the signatories of the open letter. The journey by car Toulouse-Castrescurrently emits 3 times more CO2 than the same journey in TER […] This factor would rise to 25 if the Toulouse-Mazamet line, currently covered by a diesel train, were electrified.“