The president of the Île-de-France region Valérie Pécresse is demanding 4 billion euros from the State to modernize the region's public transport infrastructure and complete the projects in progress, in an interview with Le Parisien on Friday.
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Valérie Pécresse, who also chairs the regional transport authority Île-de-France Mobilités, estimates the financial needs for the next five years at 10 billion euros, in addition to the Grand Paris metro project.
Only 200 million promised by the state
“
It is only a question here of the modernization of the existing one, of extensions and the realization of projects which have been in the boxes for ten years and which everyone is waiting for
”, specified the elected official (LR).
“
They are colossally important and will be able to solve the problems of the RER A, B, D, E, but also of the whole network, etc.
“, she added, citing the extension of the RER E (Éole) to the east, new signaling for the RER B and D, extensions of metro lines, trams or station developments.
“
I am ready to put in a euro when the state puts one in
”, or “
4 billion
” for the state, as much for the region and the rest for the Ile-de-France departments and the city of Paris, she noted. .
The state has so far only pledged 200 million euros.
“
Clearly, the account is not there
”, regretted Valérie Pécresse, who was to meet Friday morning the new Minister Delegate for Transport, Clément Beaune.
Prime Minister "
Élisabeth Borne, when she was at the Ministry of Transport, had the courage to say that priority should be given to everyday transport
", she recalled, noting that 70% of public transport users in France are in Ile-de-France.
“
We are in the middle of the ford
” in the effort to modernize the railways in the region, she notably estimated, tackling in passing the poor management of the construction sites, according to her, of SNCF Réseau which “
is constantly blackmailing the stoppage of construction sites by demanding more money to compensate for the additional costs
".
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If there is no contract with the State, "
we will not be able to continue the projects in progress at the end of the year 2022
", warned Valérie Pécresse.
