Will Ile-de-France residents have to give up public transport during the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games (JOP)? A letter from the prefect of the Île-de-France region to the Minister of Transport, recovered by The chained Duck, sows doubt. “In certain places, the transport plan only makes it possible to transport spectators if all the other travelers were dissuaded or almost all,” explains Marc Guillaume to Clément Beaune in this missive.
The chained Duck speaks frankly of an “Olympic confinement”, but without attributing these words to the prefect, an expression used as is by France 3 And The worldwho have since corrected their version.
Pécresse calls for teleworking
“This is false information. We formally deny any use of the words “containment” and even the idea. The prefect never made these remarks,” we explain to the regional prefecture, without however denying the sentence in the letter cited by The chained Duck : “In certain places, the transport plan only allows spectators to be transported if all other travelers were dissuaded or almost all. »
For her part, Valérie Pécresse, president of Ile-de-France Mobilités (IDFM), regional transport authority, called on Thursday “all those who can to telework” during the Olympic Games to avoid the transport slowdown. “We will be ready for the Olympics,” however, wanted to reassure Valérie Pécresse.
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The letter from the prefect of the Ile-de-France region echoes the statements of the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, who said in the Quotidien program at the end of November: “There are places where transport will not be ready because ‘there will not be the number of trains and frequency. » The Minister Delegate in charge of Transport, Clément Beaune, immediately responded by affirming that the mayor of Paris preferred to “try to create a buzz on ‘Quotidien'” rather than “participate in the eight strategic committees on transport to prepare” Games. And he later assured that “the infrastructure will be ready on time”.
Marc Guillaume’s missive therefore seems to put the minister in difficulty. In summary, confinement or not, we must expect a lot of chaos in transport during the JOP.