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For the mayor of Nice, it is too much.
While an exceptional convoy of six semi-trailers bound for Monaco has been blocking the entrance to the Promenade des Anglais at the airport since Thursday morning, Christian Estrosi has made his dissatisfaction known in a press release.
The latter, who wants the Prom' to be downgraded from its status as a main road so that this type of vehicle can no longer use the seaside route, calls on the responsibility of the State.
“
The City of Nice is asking the government to find an alternative to the status of main road for the Promenade des Anglais, but also for the whole of the heart of Nice.
Today's new episode demonstrates the relevance of this questioning
,
”
he argues.
And to remember that
“In November 2021, the Minister Delegate for Transport, at the same time as having maintained the national status of a high-traffic road, had proposed experimenting with the diversion of certain exceptional convoys to the A8 motorway.
I think it is time for this to become the rule, it is a measure of common sense.
With the exception of vehicles over 48 tons which, most of the time, cannot use the Mathis lane or the A8 motorway because of the technical characteristics of the bridges and tunnels.
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These trucks, registered in Portugal and coming from Barcelona, had to cross Nice at night in order to avoid traffic congestion,
ultimately
blocking the Promenade des Anglais.
On Twitter, the Alpes-Maritimes prefecture also specifies that the convoy
"appeared outside the authorized time slot (10 p.m. to 6 a.m.)".
He should leave next night
“according to the route previously authorized: Promenade des Anglais - D6007 - Monaco.”
In the meantime, the municipality and its municipal police officers are trying to smooth the traffic upstream to reduce as much as possible the slowdowns that the convoy should cause at the end of the day.
“We call on everyone to adapt their movements since a return to normal cannot be envisaged before this night.
In this sense, we have reinforced the signage in the city and at its entrances so that everyone can adapt their route”
, specifies the City.
We must stop reproducing the follies of Hidalgo in Nice!
Éric Ciotti, deputy of the Alpes-Maritimes and president of the Republicans
“In this context, this morning I again asked ESCOTA
(a Vinci Autoroutes company, editor’s note)
for
free Saint Isidore tolls
in order to facilitate the passage of very high tonnage trucks.
I remind you that this is the only paying motorway bypass for a large agglomeration, dangerous for safety with a steep slope, for the environment and for health because of braking and acceleration, a very significant source of pollution, "
continues Christian Estrosi.
In the meantime, the mayor of Nice summons the prefect to review the procedure for exceptional convoys so
that "those who arrive in violation of the regulatory provisions do not end up paralyzing all east-west traffic in the Nice Côte d'Azur Metropolis. 'Azure.
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The city's chief magistrate also plans to prosecute the heavy goods vehicle company which, according to him, is
"responsible for the inconvenience caused to the economy of the Côte d'Azur, to Nice Côte d'Azur airport and to its passengers. .
Today, people from Nice could not receive their care at home, companies could not be delivered... This situation is unacceptable.
On Twitter, the president of the Republicans and deputy of the Alpes-Maritimes, Éric Ciotti, did not fail to tackle his best enemy, the mayor of Nice, insisting on the fact that the incident would have been “accentuated by the long works
which reduce lanes.
The cameras have proven ineffective in preventing this situation
”
.
"
We must stop reproducing the follies of Hidalgo in Nice!",
He scolded.