The judge in summary proceedings does not suspend the work on the A69 because the case must be judged + on the merits + by the court next month, the project in question will produce very little concrete effect until thenwrites the court in a press release, rejecting this new appeal by several associations and collectives opposed to this highway which they consider from another time.
The impact of continuing the work, in this short period of time, will remain very limitedcontinues the court in its press release, while the environmental impacts have already been produced on the overall scale of the site.
In his decision, the judge also mentions a financial risk put forward by promoters of the A69, such as the State or the manufacturer Atosca, according to which the application of the suspension clauses of the concession contract and works contracts in progress, combined with the cost of security, would result in a cost of several million euros.
When it comes to the State or the concessionaire, we tolerate a lot of things and, on the other hand, when it comes to respecting environmental law, we grant ourselves some generosityimmediately reacted Thomas Digard, from the opposition collective La Voie est libre.
For him, the judge considers that a month and a half of construction cannot have a significant impact and therefore that it is not worth suspending, but we see that there are five formal notices against the concessionaire over a similar period. It is therefore entirely possible to damage the environment in five weekshe told AFP.
On the other hand, the prefectures of the two departments concerned by the A69, Tarn and Haute-Garonne, recalled on Tuesday in a joint press release thatafter 22 months of work and six emergency appeals processed by the Toulouse administrative court, the judge consistently ruled that the conditions for suspension of construction were not met.
Delivery end of 2025Asked by AFP, an Atosca spokesperson underlines thatmore than 65% committed and mobilizing more than a thousand workers, the work is continuing with the objective of delivery at the end of 2025.
-For another supporter of the A69, the PS president of the Tarn departmental council, Christophe Ramond, this decision once again reaffirms the legitimacy of the A69, supported by an entire living area.
On January 13, at the hearing, opponents of the A69 requested the suspension urgent of the construction site, denouncing the effects on the environment of heavy work planned in the coming weeks.
The collective La Voie est libre and other associations had presented this appeal after the reopening of the investigation concerning the environmental authorizations of the site, decided on December 9 by the administrative court of Toulouse.
This decision was described assurprising by the associations which, after months of unsuccessful struggle against this 53 km section of motorway, had regained hope, when the public rapporteur spoke out in favor of canceling the authorization for the construction site, during a hearing on the bottom on November 25.
The new hearing on the merits could take place before the end of February, according to a provisional timetable communicated to opponents by the administrative court.
