Roads and motorways: Background searched stakeholders' suitcase at the financing conference

Whereas all the French roads (one million km) provide almost 90% of the mobility of people and goods, most of which is managed by local authorities. That the Departments manage in the context of a very acute budgetary crisis almost 380 000 km of often structuring roads without benefiting from any affected revenue. In 2023 they spent 3.7 billion euros in investment and 1.4 in operation. Given the very high budgetary constraints, departmental road…

The work on the financing of roads and the future of motorways begins on 13 May, as part of the conference launched by Prime Minister François Bayrou on 5 May in Marseille. If the free will already appear as a scapegoat, "there is no taboo" on the future motorway model, assures the government. Will the stakeholders be ready to overthrow the table?