“The regional majority affirms that reducing operating expenses while preserving investment to meet future challenges. Justifying its budget cuts by the anticipation of a drop in VAT revenue, linked to the reduction in the purchasing power of Loire residents, the majority is careful not to emphasize that it foresees a 33% increase in revenue linked to regional services. (school transport, TER networks, catering in high schools, etc.). However, it is the power of Loire residents to make a living that the majority will attack by putting to the vote a new increase in transport prices, well beyond inflation from July 1, 2025. :
TER network:
– For Subscriber rates over 26 years old: €10 increase in the amount of the monthly subscription; Increase of €8.5 per month in the amount of the annual subscription; Increase of €3.5 for weekly subscriptions;
– For Subscriber rates – aged 26: €5 increase in the amount of the monthly subscription; Increase of €4 per month in the amount of the annual subscription; Increase of €1.75 for weekly subscriptions;
– For Occasional rates: 10% increase in the Regional Mileage Scale; Increase of €1 for all ecco prices.
Car and Aléop network: 10% increase on the interurban network.
School transport: An increase in the annual price of school transport is planned for the start of the 2025 school year, to €170 compared to €155 today. This represents an overall increase of €60 since the start of the mandate.
“For our group, this illustrates a clear political choice of the regional majority: to focus budgetary savings on the Loire residents, primarily the most precarious, while weakening public services. While Christelle Morançais denounces a supposed “too many taxes”, she insidiously increases the prices of regional services, aggravating territorial and social inequalities. At a time when social and climatic emergencies are more pressing than ever, the Region should play a major role in the transition towards transport accessible to all and respectful of the environment, and as a social shock absorber. Instead, it prefers to attack the purchasing power of Loire residents and turn its back on ecological issues. »
