“Let’s start by evaluating these projects in a sincere way, perhaps there will be fewer people climbing trees” – Libération

While the administrative court examines the merits of the Castres-Toulouse motorway case, Julien Bétaille, lecturer in environmental law, denounces the poor quality of the environmental assessment of major projects in France.

What if the A69 project between Toulouse and Castres was canceled? After two years of heated disputes, the administrative court (TA) of Toulouse is finally looking into the merits of the case. Monday, November 25, the judges examined several appeals during a highly anticipated hearing which saw the public rapporteur rule in favor of canceling the authorization for the site. If this opinion was followed by the magistrates in their judgment expected in December, this could lead to the suspension of work started in 2023 in Tarn. For Liberation, Julien Bétaille, specialist in environmental law, deciphers the legal workings at work in this explosive case. For the lecturer at Toulouse-Capitole University, the democratic debate on the highway is biased by the poor quality of the environmental assessment of major French infrastructure projects.