The lights are green for the construction file of the high-speed line (LGV) Bordeaux-Toulouse.
On Saturday, an important step was taken with the validation of the financing plan by the 24 communities concerned.
In mid-February, it was the agglomeration of Dax (Landes) which was the last to respond positively, two months after a first refusal.
The elected Dacquois obtained a reduction of 10 million in their endowment, for a direct participation of 12.8 million.
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In general, while the communities of Occitanie quickly agreed to raise 2.2 billion euros, their counterparts in New Aquitaine took longer to release 1.7 billion euros.
In all, the cost of the LGV Bordeaux-Toulouse project is estimated at 14.3 billion euros: the State participates up to 40%, an equivalent threshold for local authorities, the rest being provided by the European Union .
Procedures
After the approval of this funding program, Carole Delga, President of the Occitanie region, welcomed this crucial step "
to make concrete progress towards the creation of the project company by April, with a view to starting the works in 2024, as the Prime Minister has just committed to doing.”
The commissioning of this section is scheduled for 2030: the fourth largest city in France will then be three hours from Paris, compared to four currently.
The Bordeaux-Toulouse journey (240 km) being reduced from two to one hour with the extension of the LGV.
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In terms of procedures, the creation of the project company is planned before April 23, the date set by the mobility orientation law (LOM).
Previously, the financing plan will have been transmitted this week to the Council of State, before an examination in the Council of Ministers next month.
In the meantime, elected environmentalists and around twenty environmental associations are standing up against the modernization of the Bordeaux-Toulouse axis and its financing plan.