Toulouse: Covid-19 increases Téléo’s bill by 6 million euros
The health crisis and various additional costs have increased the cost of the Toulouse urban cable car by 12.8%, bringing the overall construction budget to 93 million euros.
The construction of the Toulouse cable car suffered the effect of the Covid, like many construction sites (our edition of yesterday). Tisséo Collectivités will adopt this Wednesday, June 8 a deliberation recording an additional cost of 12.8% of the budget devoted to the construction of Téléo, half of which is directly linked to the health and economic crisis following the Covid.
The initial total amount of 82.4 million euros has already been overcharged due to the change of route and location of the Paul-Sabatier University station, so that Téléo does not fly directly over the Bellevue college and high school. The final amount is finally increased to nearly 93 million euros.
Half of the additional cost linked to the Covid
This additional cost is almost half made up of the cost of the Covid, at 5.7 million. “Toulouse Métropole, the departmental council of Haute-Garonne and the Federation of Building and Public Works have signed a charter of good practices implying that local authorities assume 50% of the costs linked to Covid”, explains Jean-Michel Lattes.
The president of Tisséo Collectivités details the other additional costs which have increased Téléo’s bill: 2.8 million euros following legislative changes in terms of public safety, requiring the installation of anti-intrusion devices on the pylons, intended to prevent any act of terrorism. 0.8 million is impacted by regulatory changes that have imposed the greening of the park and ride (not initially planned) or in terms of fire safety. 1.9 million was added for “management of the whirlwind effect of the wind” (!) or the shift in the parking of gas buses, which are legally prohibited from parking under Téléo. Finally, an additional 2.9 million were devoted to integrating the new line into the Tisséo network (passenger information system, fire safety).
For Jean-Michel Lattes, this overall additional cost estimated at nearly 13% is “in the norm” of the additional costs observed on most major construction sites in France, linked in particular to the Covid effect, contained within a range of 10 to 15% of rise.
Despite the financial impact of the crisis, Tisséo’s prices should not be increased more than inflation at the next meeting of the Tisséo union council in July, promises Jean-Michel Lattes.