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VIDEO. Here is the road you will take to exit the Mathis route in Nice Ouest in 2024


The work to connect the Mathis track to the motorway has just started. A project in two phases which will be completely completed in 2026. Finally! The project was initiated over 12 years ago.
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VIDEO. Here is the road you will take to exit the Mathis route in Nice Ouest in 2024


04/23 at 10:10 am

Update 04/23 at 10:17 a.m.

The work to connect the Mathis track to the motorway has just started. A project in two phases which will be completely completed in 2026. Finally! The project was initiated more than twelve years ago.

West of Nice, connect the Mathis track to the motorway … The president of the Métropole reminds that the project was launched at the same time as line 2 of the tram. Paradoxically, it is the latter that first saw the light of day. And the tens of thousands of motorists who use the Mathis route daily come up against the interchange where the trains pass. Consequence: for the former a real bottleneck systematically congested at rush hour and for tram users a slow connection between the port and the airport. A second underground hopper will allow the cars to pass under the rails.

This first phase of development will cost 95 million euros. The works should be delivered at the end of the first half of 2024. Avenue Grinda will then be unblocked thanks to this extension of the Mathis route to the Grenoble route, renamed by then Avenue Giscard d’Estaing. But we will still have to wait until 2026 for it to be directly connected to the motorway.

What are the benefits?

>> 13,000 fewer vehicles
>> The new expressway exit ramp will relieve congestion on Avenue Édouard Grinda. Ultimately 13,000 fewer vehicles will use this artery.
>> 9 minutes saved
>> By making the exit from the Mathis lane more fluid, the metropolitan services that the journey time saved for drivers will be on average 9 minutes.
>> Tram users will also benefit. By avoiding the intersection of the trainsets with the traffic coming from the expressway, the route of line 2 connecting the port to the airport should be shortened by 3 to 4 minutes.
>> 30% less greenhouse gases
>> Reducing traffic jams on Grinda Avenue should reduce greenhouse gas emissions from exhaust pipes by 30%. But also reduce noise pollution by 6 to 9 decibels. All the more so as 2,500 m2 of green spaces will be developed and 150 trees planted as part of the project.


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