"It's going to be war," predicted a motorist.
From this Thursday, November 25, the National 7 will be entirely cut in the direction Province-Paris just after having crossed the bridges of the tracks of Orly (Val-de-Marne).
Drivers will need to take the exit that leads to the airport before taking a detour, using the airport platform, which will bring them back to the main road.
Heavy goods vehicles will have to follow the alternative route n ° 13 at the Carrefour des Portes de l'Essonne level.
The pavement weakened after a major water leak
The Île-de-France Roads Department (Dirif) in charge of this portion of the N 7 advises "users to avoid this sector south of Orly as much as possible".
This project is announced, according to a provisional schedule, until Saturday 11 December.
It follows an accidental rupture on October 13 of a major drinking water pipeline, located under the roadway of the N 7 in the town of Paray-Vieille-Poste (Essonne).
“The considerable water leak resulting from this rupture was urgently stopped the same day by Veolia.
This incident severely weakened the pavement structure over half of its width, ”explains Dirif.
"It was while carrying out work that a company pierced the pipe," says Tania Morisson, Director of Center Seine, in charge of this sector for Véolia.
The final repair of this pipeline consists of replacing a complete element of the pipeline, 6 meters long.
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An axis used by 70,000 vehicles per day
The timing of the works provokes the misunderstanding of local elected officials.
In a letter sent on November 19 to the director of Dirif, the five mayors of the sector, the deputy (LR) Robin Reda, and the president of the territory Grand Orly Seine Bièvres, expressed their exasperation.
“Everyone goes through this. That's 70,000 vehicles a day. And with the end of the year celebrations, traffic will be even more important, especially for Christmas shopping (Editor's note: the Belle Épine shopping center and the Rungis market are on this axis), recalls Nathalie Lallier, mayor (LR) of Paray-Vieille-Poste. For a month, we only had plots watching the cars go by. No works. No communication. "
They got the answer less than 24 hours before the start of the work by means of a press release from Dirif.
“We are in the most total absurdity, annoys someone close to Michel Leprêtre (PCF), president of Grand Orly Seine Bièvre.
Everyone is for this work.
But the minimum is to involve the towns in the area.
The difficulties are already enormous at rush hour since the closure of one of the two lanes.
There, to close everything, without warning upstream, we walk on the head.
We are faced with a fait accompli.
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Anger shared by Robin Reda, deputy (LR) of the constituency.
“To do so is to be disconnected from what the inhabitants are going through.
Their anger will be legitimate, ”said the elected official.
Additional stress for users
However, the state services had informed Jean-Jacques Grousseau, the mayor (PS) of Athis-Mons of a return to normal on November 25.
“In the end, this is the date of the start of the work, which I learned on Wednesday evening from another elected official.
I fell from my chair.
It is a total lack of respect towards the drivers, indicates the elected official.
And we are talking about a provisional schedule.
It may last until Christmas.
It will be a real pain for users who have no other choice but to take the car.
The heavyweights will be forced to take the bypass.
With the municipal police, we will be vigilant that they do not use the suburban streets of the municipality.
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Contacted, Véolia ensures for its part to have stuck on the agenda set by the prefecture and the Dirif in connection with Aéroports de Paris.
“We had to organize the deviations.
We were waiting for the green light, informs Tania Morisson.
We know the inconvenience this causes and everything will be done to keep the schedule.
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For motorists, it is the beginning of the galleys.
Gaëlle is due to take the plane this Saturday afternoon from Orly airport.
This work is an additional stress.
“I had asked a friend to drop me there.
By public transport, I have three changes, between the RER, the bus and the T7.
I thought I would be more serene this way, she confides.
But now, I'm not sure it's a good idea to drive there.
Maybe I'll review my plans.
And leave much earlier.
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