The State has just undertaken to finance the Marseille-Nice line while the two LGV files of the Occitanie Region, Béziers-Perpignan and Bordeaux-Toulouse are still awaiting concrete commitments.
Announced with great fanfare by the regional prefecture and the greater South Region, an agreement should make it possible to release 1.383 billion euros to extend the LGV line from Marseille to Nice. This project is one of the many sea snakes involved in the development of LGV lines, since it began in the “90s”, while representing a major technological challenge given the geography.
It did not take more to react Carole Delga who, in the Occitanie region, must manage not one but two projects of the same magnitude; two missing links to link Bordeaux to Toulouse for one, Montpellier to Perpignan for the other… And which once again sees an arbitration judged against it.
“On this fundamental issue of building high-speed infrastructure, there cannot be a two-speed France, explained the President of the Region in a press release! I therefore ask the President of the Republic for a firm commitment on the same percentage of State participation for the two high-speed lines in Occitania, especially as they are much more advanced than Marseille-Nice.. (ie 40%, the same level as local authorities, and 20% from European funds, Editor’s note) ”
In an interview with L’Indépendant, Jean Castex announced “do everything” to accelerate the financing of the public inquiry on the Montpellier-Béziers section. Hence the President’s anger to see PACA pass in front of her region: “Regarding the new line Montpellier-Perpignan, I remind you that this part of the territory of our country awaits the high speed, promised by the State for more than 30 years. Perpignan is more than 5h30 from Paris by train, and sees its air supply reduced by the decision of Air France to cut several daily routes “.
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