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Anger of farmers: blocked highways, snail operations… update on the situation this Thursday

2024-01-25T07:27:50.793Z

Highlights: The mobilization of farmers is accelerating throughout France, while the government's announcements are still awaited. The profession is putting pressure on the government and demanding in particular administrative simplifications, better remuneration and fewer environmental standards. Farmers in Indre have voted to block the A20 motorway for an indefinite period. The blocking of the A16 continues in Oise. The A51 is closed in both directions of traffic between the Meyrargues and La Saulce tolls in Bouches-du-Rhône.


The mobilization of farmers is accelerating throughout France, while the government's announcements are still awaited.


The anger does not subside.

While Gabriel Attal is due to bring together the ministers of Agriculture, Ecological Transition and the Economy this Thursday, demonstrations have been increasing since dawn.

The profession is putting pressure on the government and demanding in particular administrative simplifications, better remuneration and fewer environmental standards.

Le Parisien takes stock of the axes affected by the disruptions.

Ile-de-France

In

Yvelines

, tractors are carrying out a snail operation on the N12 between Montfort-l'Amaury and Rocquencourt.

In

Essonne

, in Étréchy, a filter barrier must be put in place from 9:45 a.m. on a roundabout on the N 20. In Seine-et-Marne, tractors must converge towards Melun and Provins during the day.

Also read: Farmers’ crisis: “The blockage will get closer to Paris”

The blocking of the A16 continues in

Oise

.

Contacted by Le Parisien, Régis Desrumaux, president of the FDSEA of Oise, specifies that farmers could reach the capital this Friday or “Saturday in the morning”.

This Thursday, the tractor procession should move a little further south, from 3 p.m.

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

In

Vaucluse

, the prefecture announces two black spots: on the A7 from Avignon North, in the South-North direction and in Bollène in the North-South direction and on the A9, from Remoulins in the South-North direction.

In

Bouches-du-Rhône

, the A51 is closed in both directions of traffic between the Meyrargues and La Saulce tolls, indicates Vinci Autoroutes.

Hauts-de-France

According to La Voix du Nord, traffic in the Lille metropolis will be very difficult from 9 a.m. with a cut in the A1 near Seclin.

The A25 between Lille and Dunkirk is cut in both directions.

Nothing changes in the A2, still blocked in the Paris-Brussels direction near Valenciennes.

On the other hand, the blockage was lifted on the A16, as was that at the Setques toll, on the A26.

Great East

In Strasbourg (

Bas-Rhin

), the M35 will be blocked in both directions of traffic until midnight on Thursday January 25, at least, indicates the prefect.

Unions have called for a blockade of the A35 motorway south of Colmar (

Haut-Rhin

) until Friday, according to BFMTV.

The blocking of the A31 is announced in the Thionville and Metz (

Moselle

) sector.

New Aquitaine

The A62 remains cut between Agen (

Lot-et-Garonne

) and Montauban (

Tarn-et-Garonne

) in both directions for around fifty kilometers.

VIDEO.

Farmers set fire in front of Agen prefecture

On the A10, traffic is difficult between Pons and Saint-Jean-d'Angély (

Charente-Maritime

) in the direction of Paris and Bordeaux.

In

Corrèze

, the A10 will be “impassable from midday”, the prefect told La Montagne.

Farmers must meet at interchange no. 49 of the A20 motorway in Ussac.

Center-Val-de-Loire

Farmers in Indre have voted to block the

A20

motorway for an indefinite period.

In the Cher, the

A71

is cut near Bourges.

Brittany

Around a hundred tractors are due to converge on Rennes (

Ille-et-Vilaine

) this Thursday.

Four convoys will leave from Grand-Fougeray, Liffré, Tinténiac in Ille-et-Vilaine, as well as Ploërmel in Morbihan

,

indicates France 3, from 10:30 a.m. towards the prefecture.

Fishermen will leave Guer, in

Morbihan

, at 7:30 a.m. to go to the regional prefecture.

In

Côtes-d'Armor

, access to the RN12 and RN164 is still blocked.

In

Finistère

, the Morlaix bridge on the RN12 must remain blocked, as well as at the Rouillen roundabout near Quimper.

Occitanie

In

Gard

, 700 tractors must drive on the A9 in Nîmes from 7:30 a.m., according to France Bleu.

In

Haute-Garonne

, the A64, which connects Toulouse to Bayonne, is blocked in both directions at Carbonne.

In the department, the A61, between Toulouse and Narbonne, is blocked in both directions (compulsory exit at Villefranche-de-Lauragais).

In

Tarn-et-Garonne

, the A20 is blocked northeast of Montauban and access to the Golfech power plant is blocked.

In

Gers

, the N 124 is cut at L'Isle-Jourdain and Pujaudran and at Vic-Fezensac.

In

Tarn

, the N 88 is blocked at the entrance to Albi in both directions according to France Bleu.

North of Albi, blocking also Viaur viaduct (the Tanus bridge) at the limit of Aveyron.

Normandy

In

Seine-Maritime

, farmers are once again blocking the A28 in the Abbeville/Rouen direction at the Moulin d'Ecalles exit.

On the other hand, traffic has been restored around the Tancarville and Brotonne bridges, according to the prefecture.

According to Ouest-France, farmers in

Orne

will block the exit of the 2x2 lane from Flers towards Briouze at midday.

A blockage should be put in place at the roundabout at the entrance to the A28 motorway in Sées.

In Alençon, the A28 should be blocked to traffic.

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

The A7 remains an epicenter of anger.

In

Drôme

, farmers moved up a notch towards Montélimar, stopping “foreign trucks”.

Traffic is cut between exits 12 (Saint-Rambert d'Albon) and 19 (Bollène).

07:00: Update on the situation on the roads in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.



🛣️❌ Motorists are invited to postpone any travel and favor public transport ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/OMANrK16mf

— Prefect of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Rhône region (@prefetrhone) January 25, 2024

The A71 motorway has been cut in Clermont-Ferrand (

Puy-de-Dôme

) since Wednesday evening.

In

Cantal

, you can no longer drive on the A75 in the Saint-Flour sector.

In the

Rhône

, disruptions are expected on the A42 from Beynost to Vaulx-en-Velin.

In

Savoie

, it will be difficult to travel on the A43 near Chignin.

Source: leparis

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