“The Mirage LGV”, the mayors of Bordeaux and Bayonne write to the Minister of Transport

In a letter written with both hands, the mayors of Bordeaux and Bayonne, Pierre HUMIC et Jean-René Etchegaraysent a letter to Philippe Tabarot, Minister of Transport. Consequently, In this letter sent to the drafting ofBasque country newsThursday. Furthermore, July 31, the two elected officials insist on “no longer turning their backs on Spain” and once again opposed the high -speed line (LGV) between Bordeaux and Hendaye.

“Prayer the regeneration of the existing network”

For the Basco-Girondin couple. Furthermore, now is the time to put some pressure on the players in the project in view of “the latest information concerning the future of the New South West line project (ex GPSO), “the mirage lgv”, mayors bordeaux which has become more and more uncertain”, can be read in this letter.

Pierre HURMIC. Jean-René Etchegaray note that “the conclusions and recommendations of the recent conference” Ambition France Transports “, intended to build a new model for the financing of transport infrastructure, have just been made public and confirm the alarming state of our historic rail network which requires investment in massive restoration and sustainable ”.

The latter therefore call for it to “the Atlantic rail connection strategy of France with Spain is reconsidered in light of the conclusions of the last financing conference. and is moving without delay to the requalification at 220-250 km/h of the current line Bordeaux-Hendaye, which includes the largest straight line of our network.

For councilors, it is urgent to prioritize the regeneration of the existing network and its modernization and put forward “the mirage lgv”, mayors bordeaux to ensure this connection to Spain “. They also regret that “for almost 20 years. France deliberately blocks any other connection solution by maintaining the mirage of an LGV designed at another time ”.

Worried pro-LGVs

To emphasize the modernization of existing lines. the mayors of Bordeaux and Bayonne rely in particular on “the call” launched in 2023 which had been supported by 634 elected Aquitains, including a hundred mayors and parliamentarians.

This public letter from the two mayors comes when at the same time. the presidents of the New Aquitaine region and Occitanie, Alain Rousset et Carole Delgaas well as several other elected officials favorable to the LGV have sent a letter to the state ”. They are concerned in particular with the decline in aid and urged him to “keep commitments”. “Return to this project essential for the decarbonation of our country. “the mirage lgv”, mayors bordeaux its economic competitiveness would be a major political and climatic fault”.

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