There will be traffic jams Lyon. Road traffic is concerned on Monday with a Exhibition of taxi drivershe warned the prefecture of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, which recommends that drivers cancel their journey or prefer public transport.
According to an update at 8:15 a.m., the prefecture noted a “very confused” situation on the highway entrances to the metropolitan area of Lyon, with four blocking points and snail activity in Villefranche-sur- Saône, and slow down at the Saint-. Quentin tollbooth. – Fallavier.
Coming from Puy-de-Dôme, Isère, Drome, Loire and Haute-Loire, taxi drivers stopped in particular on several routes of the A7, the A43 and the A46, causing several tens of kilometers of traffic jams or delays at the entrance to Lyon. metropolitan area. In the center of the city, in front of the Edouard Herriot hospital, around thirty of them were parking and distributing leaflets around 7 am, while warming themselves over coffee.
The taxis that will be moved in the metropolitan area of Lyon must come together during the day towards the city center to meet at Place Bellecour from 6 pm, where they intend to bivouac overnight.
“Service will be down”
The taxis are protesting against an agreement currently being negotiated with the Health Insurance for the transport of seated patients, which could be signed in December. According to Abdel Grine, president of the Federation of Independent Taxis of the Rhône (FTI69), two points are raising the anger of taxis: prices “revised significantly downward” and obligation to use a “shared taxi”..
“The service includes transporting patients sitting down, with which all of us taxi drivers have a special connection,” explained Abdel Grine. “Service will degrade” if these conditions are imposed, he is certain. “It’s more of a move for our patients than for the taxi itself. »
In order to make savings of 300 million euros on medical transport, the Barnier government wants to force taxis and medical transporters to negotiate measures with Health Insurance, under penalty of price reduction applied.
In addition, a decree implementing the social security budget for 2024 provides that a patient can no longer refuse shared medical transport, except, under penalty of advancing the costs and being Reimbursement only on a shared transport basis. Patients must be treated in less than 45 minutes, and according to the geographical area with a kilometer detour limit per patient.
“No permanent obstruction is acceptable”
The prefecture calls for “extreme vigilance and calmness when approaching all checkpoints”. The police will be deployed “for the safety of all”. “The prefect of Rhône has told the organizers of this movement that no permanent restrictions will be accepted,” it is specified in the press release. “State services will not accept any action to prevent access to hospitals to filter,” he warns the prefecture.
Troubles in Marseille and Toulon
Some disturbances in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur were also noted in the morning, especially around Toulon. Several entrances to the city center were disrupted, causing a few kilometers of traffic accidents, and the Toulon tunnel was closed, Vinci said. Several processions from around also left Marseilles to join at the Lançon-de-Provence tax in Bouches-du-Rhône.
“These reforms not only weaken our profession, they also weaken the entire health system,” regrets the union “Taxis en route 13” Bouches-du -Rhône in a press release. “With the new contract, we are going towards the fragility and loss of 40,000 craft businesses,” explained Leïla Ghorzi, the president. his
2024-12-02 10:08:00
#Thousands #angry #protesters #gather #block #traffic
