About 2,000 activists in France will demonstrate on April 22 against the construction of the new A69 Toulouse-Castre highway in the Tarn section in the south of the country. This was reported by the TV channel. BFMTV.
The Environmental Protection Association called for protests this weekend. The TV channel states that the authorities are planning increased measures “to maintain public order”.
As expected, 1.5 to 2,000 people will attend the event. 800 gendarmerie and police will ensure order. Police believe that between 150 and 200 of the demonstrators camped in the city of Saiks “may have had an intention to use violence”.
A €500m motorway section will connect Castres (Tarn) to the Shipyards (Haute-Garonne), ie the A68 motorway east of Toulouse, with the Castres ring road by 2025. The project is justified by the need to reduce traffic congestion around these two cities and make them safer. At the same time, environmentalists criticize the construction of this road because they find it useless and harmful to the environment.
Earlier, it was reported that President Emmanuel Macron’s rating rose on the backdrop of protests against pension reform in France. fell down a record drop – only 26% of respondents declared that they support the politician.