A thousand people gathered this Saturday, May 6 in the agglomeration of Rouen in a festive atmosphere to denounce the project to bypass the Norman city from the east, noted an AFP correspondent.
The event is organized in Léry-Poses (Eure) by the Uprisings of the earth, which the government is considering dissolving, and by the local associations Non à l’autoroute (NALA), Alternatiba-Rouen and Effect of Greenhouse yourself .
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In a family and festive atmosphere, with a picnic in the grass in the middle of stands and marquees, many local and national elected officials were present to oppose this project which aims to relieve congestion in the Normandy agglomeration, according to the correspondent .
“We must put the money on the train and give up this highway”
“It is not a project that we discover. Environmentalists were the first to fight against it. The presence of numerous demonstrators today demonstrates that we are winning the cultural battle.”welcomed the boss of Europe Ecologie-Les Verts, Marine Tondelier before participating in the rally.
A few meters from her, the PS mayor of Rouen, Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, also reiterated his criticisms. “We cannot continue with the political options of forty years ago. We must put the money on the train and give up this toll road. The CCI of Rouen, the port of Rouen are in the wrong fight »he said.
“The assumptions on which the public inquiry was conducted are obsolete, in particular on the cost of carbon which has increased sharply in a few years”he added.
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A project worth 3 billion euros excluding taxes
According to Thibault Cardon, spokesperson for the Non A133/A134 collective, “The idea is to intervene well in advance of the start of work to be as efficient as possible and prevent the start of this project that is harmful to the environment. The first preparatory works are announced for 2025 ».
This 41.5 km toll motorway project should link the A28 to the north to the A13 to the south, bypassing the Rouen conurbation to the east. The cost of the project is estimated at nearly one billion euros excluding taxes, according to Guillaume Grima, one of the leaders of Effect of Greenhouse yourself and former elected Greens in Rouen.
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“Rouen remains the only French metropolis of this size without a road bypass”had estimated the prefecture on its website in 2021. “This translates into a large flow of heavy goods vehicles in urban areas”according to a letter from the prefect sent in January 2021 to the communities.
