The A69 Construction Site Must Move Forward

While the State appealed the decision of the Toulouse Administrative Court, which suspended the work of the A69 between Castres and Toulouse last February, the senators of the Tarn chose the parliamentary way to unblock the situation. Thus, a text was adopted in committee to confer on the yard the status of imperative reason for the major public interest, thus allowing the resumption of the proceedings. The text was adopted in public session on …

A new heated episode in the A69 dossier. On May 21, after a heated session, the members of the Sustainable Development and Regional Planning Committee approved a highly controversial bill. It provides for the validation of environmental permits for the construction of the motorway, which is to link Toulouse to Castres. These permits had been invalidated by the courts three months earlier, thus bringing the work to a halt. Activists (…) Read more…