Adjustments from Monday January 27

New for the Rouergue bridge at La Réole (Gironde). Thursday January 23, 2025, the Gironde department announced adjustments Regarding the free shuttle and without reservation between the Rouergue district and the La Réole town center (whether the bridge is open or not). As a reminder, the bridge is closed

Two additional round trips in the evening

They follow a meeting with a collective of residents, who had expressed their complaints with South-Gironde Republican last November. Thus, the following adjustments will be implemented from Monday January 27, 2025: two additional round trips will be added in the evening, Monday to Friday, and a round trip between 12:00 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. on Wednesdays, for meet the special needs of schoolchildren.

The Department specifies that generalization in the other days of this round trip when lunch is currently excluded “Due to the low attendance observed during the winter of 2023/24 and the significant additional costs that the mobilization of an additional driver would imply. »»

A provisional cycle route under study

For trips with soft mobility, the department initiates a study to create a provisional secure cycle route on the RD9, and on RDE1, via the road bridge for next winter. In addition, in order to strengthen security around the building, new bridge closing barriers have been installed. The objective: “Facilitate reopening / closing operations and responding to vandalism issues. »»

Another announcement, a design office was mandated to work on the structural diagnosis of the plan and the development of a draft project to rehabilitate it.

What the collective of Rives du Rouergue thinks

Contacted by the Republican Sud-Gironde, the representatives of the Collective of Rives du Rouergue greet several advances: change of schedules, grids and improvement in lighting.

However, they deplore the refusal from the department to add a schedule at the end of the morning and two shuttles on Saturday afternoon.

“Regarding these refusals, they based on a counting carried out during the winter season 2023-2024, saying that, on the one hand, it would cost them too much, and on the other hand, that the shuttle is not used at these hours. However, our neighborhood welcomes new arrivals, and the life of the neighborhood is not frozen, ”says the collective.

Rouergue residents will also be able to ask their questions at a next public meeting which should take place before the summer, the department said in its press release.

It is possible to announce any suggestions or concerns by email at the address [email protected].

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