In the family of elected officials, there are hardly more than the senators who are doing well for this association.
All the others, departmental and regional advisers but also the deputies left dressed for the winter.
True to form, the free A10 association organized a press conference on the eve of the regional and departmental elections on June 20 and 27.
“We unfortunately draw up a calamitous record of the past six years,” laments Jean-Claude Lagron, the president.
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Usually, the association questions the candidates on their intentions in relation to this fight that the association has been waging for more than 10 years: the elimination of the tolls of Dourdan, Allainville and Ablis, "the only paying ones 25 km from Paris in peri-urban area ”. For example, for a Dourdan-Paris trip, the motorist is free to pay 1.70 euros. “But with experience, I learned that promises only engage those who listen to them, cowardly bitter Jean-Claude Lagron. Fortunately, since 2020, we have about fifteen new mayors who have all rallied to our cause. But the terms of the regional and departmental advisers which are coming to an end are the most disappointing. "
Jean-Claude Lagron (with the microphone), the president of the free A10 association, believes that the outgoing departmental and regional advisers, as well as the deputies, were not very combative in defending the cause.
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"A total lack of listening"
The president of the association, which has more than 1,500 members, many of whom are elected, nevertheless believes that these two bodies are particularly concerned by the problems caused by these tolls. "Many heavy goods vehicles bypass these highways in order not to pay and take departmental or annex roads, which degrades the roads much faster (
Editor's note: what is regularly pointed out by the outgoing departmental majority, especially on the N 20 where more than 17% of the traffic is occupied by trucks, a very high rate
). The region is also affected, with buses running on the motorway on a partially dedicated lane. Via IDF Mobilités, tolls cost 350,000 euros for the two lines concerned. "
Jean-Claude Lagron castigates "a total lack of listening, of cooperation", fruitless requests for meetings, "the executives of the departmental councils of Essonne and Yvelines and the regional council have despised our peri-urban areas in the Ile-de-France region.
Only the senators of Essonne, according to the free A10 association, mobilized on the subject of these tolls.
With a special mention for Vincent Delahaye, senator UDI, rapporteur of the commission of inquiry on motorway concessions.
The problem of postponing heavy goods vehicles
“I salute the perseverance of the association, testifies Vincent Delahaye. In the Senate, we are doing everything to ensure that this report does not fall to the bottom of the drawer. We recently updated the numbers and will do it again at the end of the year. Mr. Lagron is a little harsh towards the department and the region. The will to take care of peri-urban areas is real within these communities. We must continue to lobby elected officials, whatever their political side. The more of us, the better. "
The elected officials pointed out deny the accusations of immobility. “This subject of tolls on the A10 and A11 has been regularly raised in majority meetings, loose Dany Boyer, outgoing departmental councilor (DVD) and candidate for the canton of Dourdan. Each time emphasizing the transfer of many heavy goods vehicles to the N20 and the consequences for the villages crossed. "
Marie-Claude Girardeau, first deputy at the town hall of Etampes, was the lawyer of Franck Marlin, the mayor (LR) of Etampes. “When he was a deputy, Franck tabled or tried to table numerous amendments on the free admission of these tolls for the inhabitants of the territory, but he was not always supported, she assures. The association is unfair to put all elected officials in the same basket. Bernard Bouley (
Editor's note: who replaces Franck Marlin, elected mayor, in the National Assembly since August 2020
) also challenged the government on the subject. "
Same defense on the part of Laëtitia Romeiro-Dias, Member of Parliament (LREM) of the 3rd constituency of Essonne. "I may be in the presidential majority, I do not always get the majority, justifies the parliamentarian, who despite everything keeps a smile while exchanging aside with Jean-Claude Lagron. I have tried to defend this issue, but many colleagues find it very local. But I'm not giving up, a window will perhaps open with the ecotax (heavy goods vehicle sticker), with proposals that could change the situation for these tolls on the A10 and A11. "
For Jean-Claude Lagron, the situation must evolve towards a single outcome: the elimination of tolls on the A10 and A11 motorways. “We won't stop fighting before,” he warns. In 2020, we were prevented from continuing our actions with the tolls. But we plan to resume as soon as the school year begins. "
