Toulouse. The green light is given for the works of the third line
New stage in the project for the third line of the Toulouse metro. On Friday April 15, 2022, the prefect of the Occitanie region gave the green light for the start of the work.
Top start for the third metro line. Friday, April 15, 2022the prefect of the Occitanie and Haute-Garonne regions, Etienne Guyot, has signed the environmental authorization. The latter allows the start of work on the third metro line and the Aéroport Express line in Toulouse.
A signature that delights Jean-Luc Moudenc, mayor of Toulouse
This signature therefore gives the green light to the work. As a reminder, this new metro line will connect the major hubs of the Airbus group from north-west to south-east. In total, this represents 21,000 employees affected by this new means of transport. Since his election in 2014, the mayor of Toulouse, Jean-Luc Moudenc, has been working on this project. He reacted to this new step: “We are looking forward to it. It is done ! »
By the end of 2022, civil engineering work on the third line of the Toulouse metro will begin. This is one more step in the project schedule. If the latter is respected, this new metro line should be put into service at the end of 2028. “We have designed this project and adapted it to the most obvious needs in terms of transport, to guarantee the service of a pool of nearly 200,000 jobs, every day” as Jean-Luc Moudenc explains.
The mayor of Toulouse and president of Toulouse Métropole then clarified: “Since 2014, I have supported this project with force, because in our eyes it is the most effective alternative to the use of the car to reduce traffic jams and sustainably improve the quality of the air we breathe”. This signature is therefore for him “excellent news for the inhabitants of Toulouse and all the inhabitants of the Metropolis”.