“I don't mind being bombarded with environmental criticism by telling us that
gasoline pollutes the planet
.
But, when you live in remote rural areas, like the north of the Meuse, you have to get around, exclaims Pierre Ploner, the mayor of Dun-sur-Meuse.
Here, the average income of 17,000 euros, less than half that of the Parisian crown, and the absence of charging points do not allow us to rely on electricity.
The choice of an old diesel vehicle is most often constrained.
» He therefore defends the decision of his municipality to have invested nearly 280,000 euros to maintain a service station for residents.
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In this village of 630 inhabitants, at the heart of a rural living area of nearly 3,000 people, going back towards Stenay and Belgium, the pumps of the local garage remained closed for almost three years.
The Covid wave had caused consumption to fall due to lack of travel.
The cost of bringing it up to standard also caused the former manager to back down.
The entire municipality mobilized to take over management of the place.
In the Meuse, as in certain areas away from urban areas, this case is not isolated.
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