The Roissy-Picardie bar is now officially of public utility

Is this the end of one of the most incredible episodes of his last 15 years?

The Roissy-Picardie line should see the light of day.

The commission responsible for the public inquiry, carried out in early 2021, issued a favorable opinion on the development of this project last May.

Logical continuation: the bar has just been declared as being of public utility, which validates the route at the same time.

The officialization will not be long, the prefecture of Val-d'Oise (95), should shortly publish the decree.

For the mayor (PS) of Creil, Jean-Claude Villemain, “this essential step is a real satisfaction”.

And the elide Creillois can have a smile since it will be very difficult to put sticks in the wheels of the new line.

The State could, for example, take advantage of a Declaration of Public Utility (DUP) to evict a recalcitrant owner.

As a reminder, a consensus seemed impossible to find for this bar of 6.5 km of tracks to be built.

In the Val-d'Oise, the project continues to arouse strong opposition. The discontent emanates not only from the elected representatives of the municipalities concerned, but more generally from the whole territory. Representatives of the departmental council point out in particular a lack of consultation, an impact on the daily lives of travelers on lines B and D during the works or the destruction of 36 hectares of agricultural land, for a project that will not serve the population.

Indeed, if the connection will bring the inhabitants of Creil very close to the airport, it will not help the situation of the Val-d'Oisienne population, however, as the crow flies.

"An inhabitant of Louvres or Goussainville, towns located within 10 km, takes nearly an hour to reach Roissy by RER", recently denounced Anthony Arciero, departmental councilor (LR) of the canton of Goussainville.

But it is true, on the other hand, that this new line, scheduled for 2025, completely reshuffles the cards in the Oise with strong economic development as a result.

"This is what we are fighting for, to improve the quality of life and make new people want to come and settle in the region", comments Franck Dhersin, vice-president in charge of transport for the Hauts region. of France.