Toulouse: favorable opinion for the 3rd metro line and the Airport Express line
A favorable opinion on the application for environmental authorization for the 3rd metro line and the Airport Express line has been issued, we learn from the State services.
The commission of inquiry responsible for conducting the public inquiry into the environmental permit application for the 3rd metro line and the Airport Express Line has issued a favorable opinion on the environmental permit application. The commission’s report and conclusions have been made public by the State services. “The commission’s conclusions confirm that the 3rd line is a project that meets the challenges of environmental protection,” said Jean-Michel Lattes, president of Tisséo Collectivités and Tisséo Ingénierie.
9 reservations and 5 recommendations
The commission gave a favorable opinion on the application for environmental authorisation, accompanied by 9 reservations, “which translates for the most part into the commitments made by Tisséo”, indicates Tisséo, and 5 recommendations. This notice comes following a public inquiry which took place from December 15, 2021 to January 28, 2022 during which 311 contributions were issued. At the end of this investigation, the investigating commissioners produced numerous questions relaying the contributions of the participants in the public inquiry in a summary report which was sent to Tisséo Collectivités. Tisséo Collectivités “provided detailed answers to all the questions asked in a 140-page brief, appended to the commission’s report. These answers were an opportunity to confirm to the commission of inquiry the environmental ambition of the project of the 3rd metro line”, indicates Tisséo Collectivités, which undertakes to lift the 9 reservations requested by the commission of inquiry and to continue the project taking into account the 5 recommendations. The environmental authorization order, necessary to carry out civil engineering works and to carry out right-of-way release works, is issued by the prefect. The objective is to start the civil engineering works at the end of 2022 for delivery scheduled for the end of 2028.