2023-09-26 10:26:36
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“We cannot do as before,” declared the Minister Delegate for Transport. Contested, the A69 will however not be abandoned.
The executive is taking new measures to support the ecological transition. Guest of France Inter this Tuesday morning, the Minister Delegate in charge of Transport announced the abandonment of motorway projects, without providing further details. Contested by left-wing elected officials, the A69 is however not affected, he added.
«I will make strong decisions in the coming weeks. There will be projects (construction of’highway) which will be stopped», affirmed Clément Beaune, referring to “several projects» dont «discussions are still ongoing». «We need to be consistent at the time of ecological planning», he also said, regarding a certain number of current and future projects. “We can’t do the same as before“, he continued, announcing that “current projects» would see «their impacts on the environment» be reduced, while “projects that have not yet been launched» would either be maintained «because some are useful”, or outright “arrested».
On this subject, Clément Beaune assured that it was necessary “finish discussions with elected officials» field, to the extent that certain projects “are still under discussion”, while promising to be ready to take “courageous decisions to stop“. The minister had already announced at the end of April that a “a number of road projects» would be «reviewed”, then promising a verdict “by the start of summer“. Contacted this Tuesday to specify which projects would be concerned, his office did not wish to elaborate further, and assured us that “decisions will be made in the coming weeks».
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“We have to be consistent”
Asked about the challenge by certain elected officials and environmental activists to the construction of the A69 between Toulouse and Castres, the delegate minister defended this project, which has already “is the subject of numerous political and judicial decisions“. Decisions that were now necessary “respect“, while we are, according to him, “in a state of law that must be respected».
«I hear that some are opposed to the project and I respect it, but there is still a problem of principle, beyond this highway“, he explains. He actually wishes he could “move freely” When “we are faced with projects whatever they may be that elected officials have confirmed, that the State has confirmed and that all appeals have been resolved before the judge». «When decisions are made, we apply them“, he finally concluded.
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