VIDEO. Senator Sébastien Fagnen questions the CEO of the SNCF on the Normandy lines

” We know the vital importance what the creation of the LNPN (New Paris-Normandy Line, Editor’s note) represents for the Normandy region. »

This is how Sébastien Fagnen, socialist senator of La Manche, began his hearing, on Tuesday May 7, 2024with the CEO of SNCF, Jean-Pierre Farandou.

The first question asked to the one who will be replaced after the Paris 2024 Olympic Games concerned the possibility, after the public consultation, of reassess the necessary investment credits“in particular to secure the crossing of villages towards Barentin from Rouen”.

“New major, essential projects”

Concerning the West, the senator underlined the fact that Orano La Hague would host “new major, essential projects” in the coming years, and therefore, receive workers, while regretting the deterioration of the Paris-Cherbourg line in recent years.

He also questioned Jean-Pierre Farandou regarding the physical reception in stations, particularly in Cherbourg.

He tends to restrict himself. There are two open counters out of the four initially installed. They are closed on weekends. Some terminals only accept cash and not bank cards.

A cry from the heart for the Couville Aqueduct

Sébastien Fagnen finally mentioned “ a specific situation »: that of the dispute between Couville and SNCF Réseau where 1 million euros are at stake. He recalled that a judgment had been rendered by the Administrative Courtfrom Caen,agreeing with the municipality.

He regrets that SNCF Réseau is appealing this decision, “perpetuating this sword of Damocles, over the head of the municipality, which has seen all its investments frozen”.

Sébastien Fagnen finally asked: “Are there internal protocols to deal more fairly and transactionally with communities?»

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