Montpellier-Perpignan TGV line: “finally the political lines seem to be moving” welcomes the Observatoire du Pays de Thau, opposed to the railway project

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L’association salue l’ensemble des maires de Sète Agglopôle Méditerranée pour leur positionnement en faveur d’une redéfinition du tracé dans sa phase 1, celui entre Montpellier et Béziers.

“After twelve years of determination and actions to develop the LGV project in our territory, in the interest of its citizens but also of future generations, finally the political lines seem to be moving.” The letter signed by the mayors of Sète Agglo on November 29 and addressed to the Prime Minister, is almost a victory in the eyes of the Observatoire du Pays de Thau association.

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A collective letter in which elected officials clearly displayed their desire to redefine the route of the New Montpellier-Perpignan Line (LNMP) drawn across the Thau basin, leading in particular to the construction of a viaduct in Poussan and the reduction of services to Sète station.

The route of phase 1, crossing the Thau basin from the north.

“Finally a consensus can exist in the interest of citizens, for the defense of our territory!”

“The Observatoire du Pays de Thau would like to salute all the mayors of Sète Agglopôle Méditerranée for their position, which unanimously supports the older but lucid and coherent position of the mayors of Poussan, Montbazin and Villeveyrac, notes the association, which has been campaigning against the project since 2012. We share the arguments, namely the economic error, the environmental aberration, the inevitable submersibility of the current line and the isolation of the territory. In view of the foreseeable consequences of this new line, finally a consensus can exist in the interest of citizens, for the defense of our territory!”

The Observatoire du Pays de Thau aims to be a body “of alert, vigilance, dialogue, proposals or opposition on all ecological and environmental issues that impact the Thau lagoon watershed and likely to have negative consequences on this unique but very fragile heritage”.

On its dedicated website, the LNMP displays a completion of phase 1 “by 2034”. Total cost: €6.12 billion (€2.04 billion for phase 1 alone).

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