3,000 signatures against the road bypass west of Toulouse
A request presented by the collective Ax vert de La Ramée, asking for the abandonment of the Toulouse Métropole project to build a new road bypass to the west of Toulouse, one already recognized by more than 3,000 signatures.
The signs of opposition are multiplying. The collective Ax vert de La Ramée, which campaigns for environmentally friendly transport for the inhabitants of the South-West of Toulouse, launched a petition last May to oppose the project to build a new Bypass of the city, on the west side. The document, available onlinenow has more than 3,000 signatories.
Toulouse bypass project
The project to create a major bypass to the west and south-west of Toulouse, led by Toulouse Metropolisa casting objective to reduce congestion and traffic on the ring road, between the North toll and the Langlade interchange. This “second ring road” would connect the A64 motorway to the South and the A62 to the North, notably by taking the current Arc-en-Ciel ring road and then the Voie Lactée de Blagnac. It requires the construction of new road infrastructure.
Nonsense according to opponents
According to the Ax vert collective of La Ramée, the creation of this new road axis is nonsense. First, because he ” distorts, literally, the philosophy of setting up a Low Emission Zone (ZFE)”, by offering a new traffic lane to motorists and heavy goods vehicles at its border.
Moreover, this project “would generate the destruction of agricultural areas, wetlands and wooded areas bordering parks with rich biodiversity, which would be inconsistent with the national objective of zero net artificialisation (ZAN) of the soil for any urban project”, explains the collective, citing in particular part of the parks of La Ramée and Bazardens. Finally, the new ring road “would increase the nuisance for local residents”, “would degrade the living environment” and would be very expensive “for questionable utility”he continues.
Acting for ecological modes of transport
On this last economic argument, the collective maintains that the 120 million which should be dedicated to the construction of a portion of eight kilometers of the western bypass of Toulouse (named BUCSM1), could be used to build “about 800 kilometers of cycle paths”. The opponents then ask Toulouse Métropole to focus on ecological modes of transport, such as the bus network, the rail star or even the cycle paths on the outskirts of the city.