It’s been more than three weeks since the Himalayan footbridge of the Lignon gorges opened, and already, in the village of Villedemont in Grazac, local residents can’t take it anymore. Because to access the building and the hiking trail, you have to walk about ten minutes along the houses. Marilyne lives between two car parks dedicated to welcoming tourists. Gateway ? She has nothing against it, she repeats. It is the nuisances that accompany it that she deplores.
She is particularly concerned to see pedestrians and cars sharing the road. “There are those who are on foot, those who seek to reach the last parking lot: it is dangerous. And when we drive home or get to our farm at the end of the road, people don’t push each other, she explains. During the holidays, it was crowded every day. The first weekend was the worst. From now on, on Sundays, she prefers to leave.
She says she doesn’t blame walkers: “They…