Lyons. The car-free Croix-Rousse tunnel, the ultimate fantasy of environmentalists
Text: Marco Polisson. Not content with already having a soft mode tunnel on the same axis, the Greens want to remove two lanes of traffic under the Croix-Rousse tunnel. A subliminal episode of series #Lyon ecolo.
We had already mentioned this project in our columns, two years ago, and here it is resurfacing with our colleagues from Grandstand of Lyon. The weekly transcribed last Thursday the bluster of Jean-Charles Kohlhaas, vice-president of the ecological Mexican army in the Metropolis. This green elected official in need of media recognition has already made a name for himself, by carrying on his frail shoulders the Lyon-Sainte Foy-Francheville cable car line project which, as you have understood, will end in water pudding (the height for a vegetarian).
Not content with this failure which should have taught him the virtues of modesty, here he is bringing his (organic) strawberry back out of the cupboard the sea serpent which has been agitating green neurons for more than two years: how to congest the tunnel of the Croix-Rousse to annoy motorists as much as possible? The answer is clear: by removing 2 out of 4 car lanes! And our man to boast of an ongoing negotiation with the State! Just that ! Let’s check this claim!
“That would be madness! »Thomas Rudigoz, LREM MP
Are the State, its government, and its majority deputies really associated with this desire to block a vital artery between the Saône and the Rhône, with traffic reaching 50,000 vehicles a day? Asked by The Lyonnais, the prefecture of the Rhône denies the assertions of the elected ecologist and specifies that it has never been requested in this sense. Suffice to say that it is stillborn!
On the side of the presidential majority, we categorically reject this option. “We are opposed to the double lane of this tunnel! ” to assure Thomas Rudigoz. “I contacted the Prefect who confirms that his services have not been seized. It is therefore a beautiful manipulation of Mr. Kohlhaas! And the LREM deputy pointed out that the presence of an adjoining tunnel dedicated to soft modes excludes the realization of this project.
“It is an aberration. They extremize themselves and go much too far! With my parliamentary colleagues from the presidential majority, we will follow this file closely. We will intervene at the highest level so that it is not accepted. » finish the deputy of the 1before constituency of the Rhône (photo above). And for once, he joins the analysis of Gerard Collombinitiator of the soft mode tunnel.
A #Lyon. after having decided to put the North-South axis at 2 × 2 lanes, to eliminate traffic on rue Grenette, the Greens have just announced the upgrading to 2 × 1 lane of the Croix-Rousse tunnel while the solution is to put electric buses in the soft mode tunnel.
— Gerard Collomb (@gerardcollomb) March 18, 2022