Toulouse: the cost of Téléo revised upwards due to Covid
The union council of Tisséo Collectivités, the transport organizing authority for the Toulouse conurbation, is meeting this Wednesday, June 8. The cost of Téléo, revised upwards due to Covid, is among the deliberations.
Téléo has been the star of Toulouse transport, and even beyond, with its inauguration on May 13 and its commissioning the next day. The longest urban cable car in France will again be at the heart of the news this Wednesday, June 8 during the meeting of the union council of Tisséo Collectivités, the transport organizing authority for the Toulouse conurbation. we will know this Wednesday the cost of the construction of the cable car, burdened by the health crisis. If the air and innovative mode of transport has already found the requested frequency, according to Tisséo, the Covid, as with many construction sites, has somewhat delayed the work, and therefore the cost of carrying out this ambitious project. Saturday this Wednesday, on the occasion of the vote of the deliberation on the updating of the program of the operation what was its real and final cost. A cost that also had to take into account the deviation from Téléo’s route to avoid flying over Bellevue High School, at the request of parents and high school employees.
Budget on the rise
The initial budget for the operation was €82.4 million (design / construction / support operations / project management). “This budget does not include the impact of the health crisis in discussion with the group of filmmakers”, indicated Tisséo at the time of commissioning in mid-May. A project financed at 80% by Tisséo Collectivités. The State contributed, with the signing of the Metropolitan Pact in 2017 between the Prime Minister and the President of Toulouse Métropole, for €9.9 million, including €8.4 million in investment loans for three operations (doubling of the Line One, 3e metro line and Téléo). The Occitanie region and the European Union bring in €6.6 million, under the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).