an appeal from the right against the partial closure of the Saint-Sébastien climb
Road and sidewalks too narrow, slippery and very important cobblestones make that the cars cross with difficulty, the pedestrians also and the cyclists also owe their life in the descent and are obliged to push their bicycle in the climb.
It is on this observation of ambient insecurity that the Metropolis of Lyon has decided to very soon to the situation by neutralizing the automobile traffic in several points of the axis of the slopes of the Croix-Rousse. Using his police powers, Bruno Bernard did not bother with a vote of the metropolitan councilors. And the measure must enter into force in the coming days.
Concretely, motorists can no longer take the Saint-Sébastien climb, its origin in Croix-Paquet. Vehicles arriving from rue Leynaud cannot turn right, while those coming from rue Burdeau must turn left. And the portion of the climb between these two streets will then become pedestrian (see diagram below).
“Neighborhood life will become hell”
An upheaval in the neighborhood that ulcerates Myriam Fogel-Jedidi, LR candidate invested for the legislative elections in this constituency. This Monday afternoon, she will succeed in a press point alongside Senator Etienne Blanc and the mayor of Caluire Philippe Cochet.
The opportunity to express yourself “a parody of consultation under the guise of protecting pedestrians”. According to the former councilor of the 1st arrondissement, no work will be done for at least 2 years to widen the sidewalks. An admission of the Metropolis which would make obsolete the argument of the necessary pedestrian path.
Myriam Fogel-Jedidi also estimates that the closure of this axis where 7,400 cars circulate daily will lead to reports on axes of the Peninsula: “We will have to pass on the Saône quays, by Caluire or by rue Gentil, which is the street of the Ampère high school where there are already more than 6,000 cars a day. The inhabitants will take 30 minutes more to return home with course multiplied by 3 or 4 “.
“Neighborhood life will become hell”, she prophesies, before handing over to Etienne Blanc, who took out his lawyer cap for the occasion.
Because the right has decided to act on the legal level by filing an appeal with the administrative court of Lyon. According to Etienne Blanc, the closure of the Montée Saint-Sébastien hampered freedom of movement. “Or a mayor cannot take too much action against this fundamental freedom”, argues the former president of the LR group to the city council, recently dismissed because of his ideological rapprochement with Eric Zemmour.
The other arguments of the right vis-a-vis justice will be to indicate that the Metropolis, by suppressing the circulation on this axis, restricts the right to enjoy its property as one sees it. But also that it would be a manifest error of assessment with “extremely heavy consequences which will undermine the objective of appeasement since there will be a report of the disadvantages on other sectors”.
“We are fighting to regain rights!”
Philippe Cochet had not been put in the loop concerning this closure of the Saint-Sébastien climb. However, traffic is likely to increase logically in its town caluirarde within the next few weeks. “We are among the mad!”, gets carried away by the president of the LR group in the Metropolis. “The success of this appeal will set a precedent, we will not let it be, he continues. We are fighting to regain rights! “.
But is this remedy really the right solution to a project which will soon see the light of day and which will not require long construction? “We do not deprive ourselves of considering a referral” to speed up the precise Etienne Blanc procedure.
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