Fewer cars, more greenery, soon a new setting for the Canal du Midi
Town planning – In Toulouse, the objective is to reduce road traffic on both sides of the famous waterway and to calm its banks
Fifty years ago, Pierre Baudis, the mayor of the Pink City, buried a project which seems even more absurd today: that of transforming the canal du midi on a 2X3 lane motorway over the 7 km crossing of Toulouse. He opted at the time for strolling and the “flow of greenery”. Even if in fact, five decades later, the banks of the famous waterway and its secondary canals overlook files by interrupting cars. Some 60,000 vehicles, for example, follow the canal every day on the side of the Mouth.
But it’s time to go back to basics. After “a first consultation with local residents in 2022”, Jean-Luc Moudenc, the mayor and president of Toulouse Métropole, unveiled the first sketches of the “Grand Parc Canal”. “The aim of this project is above all to give back space to nature, to revegetate, to ensure that the canals are seen above all as bodies of water, and to give priority to gentle circulation, in short to reconnect with the spirit of a walk”, explained the city councilor. “We will reduce the place of the car, by calming the banks of the Canal”, he continued. François Chollet, elected in charge of the file, even mentions “a reduction of around 50%” in the hold(…) Read more at 20 minutes
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