the essentials Since this Tuesday morning at 10 a.m., Tarn farmers have invested part of the RN88. Traffic on the Albi ring road is closed, in both directions, between the Séquestre and Terssac interchanges.
Anger rises. Since Tuesday morning, around 250 tractors and nearly 400 farmers have invested part of the Albigensian ring road, completely blocking traffic between the Séquestre and Terssac interchanges. Diversions have been put in place and traffic is relatively smooth.
Angry farmers have settled on part of the Albigensian ring road. DDM – EC
The installation on this portion of the ring road is far from trivial. It already provides access to the A68 towards Toulouse and is located near a commercial area and the Fonlabour agricultural high school. “We are going to stay until Wednesday afternoon, explains Christopher Régis, cereal and seed farmer, president of the JA du Tarn. We are here for Fonlabour, it is the future of our young people that is at stake, the renewal of generations.”
“We’re getting naked…”
The farmers will therefore rotate to prevent the movement from running out of steam and to stay on site until tomorrow. “If there is no concrete progress, we will come back next week,” warns Christopher Régis.
“As long as we don’t get crisis aid, we won’t give up,” emphasizes Michel, a farmer in Gaillac. “We’re being stripped naked… Controls are increasing, we’re being treated like thugs. Our administrative or tax costs are increasing while the prices of our products do not follow this increase.”
All generations of farmers are mobilized. DDM – EC
At midday, the farmers decided to have a big barbecue on the ring road. The spirit is rather good-natured and the motorists who use the diversions are favorable to the actions of the farmers. “The vast majority of them support and encourage us.”
For the moment, the farmers will remain on site and are considering action at Leclerc du Séquestre on Wednesday morning.
2024-01-23 18:11:24
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