Toulouse. The final obstacle is removed: the construction of the third metro line will be able to start
By Thibaut Calatayud
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This was the final administrative hurdle. On Friday April 15, 2022, Étienne Guyot, prefect of the Occitanie and Haute-Garonne region, signed environmental authorization regarding the project of third metro line and of Airport Express Line worn by Tisséo Collectivités. Consequence: the work will be able to start.
Start of work at the end of the year
“The Departmental Council for the Environment and Health and Technological Risks (CODERST) meeting on April 12 issued a unanimous favorable opinion on the project. The opinion of this council comes to close the procedure of the request for environmental authorization”, announces the prefecture of Haute-Garonne.
For his part, Jean-Luc Moudenc said he was delighted with the news: “We were looking forward to it. It is done ! exclaims the elected official in a press release. The mayor of Toulouse and president of the Métropole also announced that the construction site would start at the end of 2022.
“This project is, in our view, the most effective alternative to the use of the car to reduce traffic jams and sustainably improve the quality of the air we breathe”.
From Colomiers to Labège
As a reminder, the commissioning of the third line should take place at the end of 2028. 27 kilometersit will include 21 stations Between Labege and Colomiersa pool of nearly 200,000 jobs.
For its part, the Express Airport Line is a tram that runs only from the Jean-Maga station, to Toulouse-Blagnac airport, on the 2.7 kilometer route of the current T2 line.
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