We already knew he was very weakened after forty days without eating. According to the media Vakita, Thomas Brail, on a thirst strike against the A69 motorway since Monday, felt unwell this Tuesday in the early morning before being evacuated by the Paris firefighters. The emblematic president of the National Tree Monitoring Group (GNSA) throws its last strength into the battle against the construction work on the A69 motorway between Toulouse and Castres, which the opponents failed to have suspended by the courts on Friday.
Faced with this particularly tense situation, the prefects of the Occitanie and Tarn regions announced this Tuesday morning that they will bring together on Friday, “at the request of the minister responsible for transport” Clément Beaune, “the mayors and elected officials of the territory”. “This meeting will provide an opportunity to take stock of the progress of the A69 motorway project and share perspectives. Major clearing operations will not take place before this meeting,” they specify, adding that the associations concerned will also be received on Friday.
The 53 km motorway between Castres and Toulouse is a three-decade-old project to open up the south of Tarn. Its entry into service is announced for the end of 2025 by the concessionaire Atosca while opponents denounce an “ecocidal and from another time” infrastructure.