Demonstration in Place Bellecour for 300 opponents of the cable car project carried by the ecological majority of the Metropolis of Lyon. Among them, Catherine Larivière, teacher “does not see what would be the benefit”.
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The Save the Wolf Plan association is there. “The project plunges between the Gravière and the town hall. Our district would be the most impacted. It is a very flat sector. The 50 meter pylon planned, would be seen everywhere” “, underlines Yves Desgeorges, secretary of the association which is dedicates to the protection of the living environment. And to conclude: “A long fight begins. We will have to be vigilant “.
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The tone rises because if the initiative of the meeting returns to the collective Touche pas à mon ciel which is opposed to all the routes studied – three in number – some of which The Saving of the Wolf’s Plan are accused of only fighting the project that concerns them directly.
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More “privacy in the swimming pools”
The median route that would take the cable cars over the houses with swimming pools, makes people react. “More privacy,” some say.
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Gérard Collomb on site
Gérard Collomb and Yann Cucherat now in the opposition, support the fight of the Fidésiens. The former mayor of Lyon and president of the Metropolis reassures the participants. “There will be so many remedies that in the end the environmentalists will be gone”, laughs Gérard Collomb.
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Building a cable car between the west of Lyon and Lyon is well on the Sytral agenda with three routes in contention. The last one “came out of the hat”, say opponents. Including Jean-Jacques Roy, fidesien for 40 years, who would “never have thought of such a project”.
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