Tag: A69
“Opposition to the A69 calls into question the metropolisation of the territory”
LLaunched around twenty years ago, the A69 project, which should connect Toulouse to Castres, started in March 2023, raising strong opposition from environmentalists who created a “zone to defend” (ZAD),…
In Tarn, Greta Thunberg’s support for opponents of the A69
Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg takes part in a gathering of opponents of the A69 project between Toulouse and Castres, February 10, 2024. LIONEL BONAVENTURE / AFP Greta Thunberg could…
Environmental activist Greta Thunberg expected in Tarn at La Cabanade of opponents of the A69
Environmental activist Greta Thunberg, at Westminster Court, London, February 2, 2024. KIRSTY WIGGLESWORTH / AP Despite the ban on the demonstration and the intervention of the police on Friday near…
Intervention in progress to evacuate the ZAD of opponents of the A69
The police intervened at midday on Sunday to dislodge opponents of the A69 motorway construction site in the locality of Crémade, east of Castres, where they were organizing themselves into…
Demonstration against the A69: activists start fires in two companies on the construction site
Alexis Bourdon with AFP / Photo credit: ASTRID LAGOUGINE / HANS LUCAS / HANS LUCAS VIA AFP 5:56 p.m., October 21, 2023modified to 6:55 p.m., October 21, 2023 Fires were…
The government decided to carry out the A69 project “to completion”
Demonstration against the A69 motorway project between Toulouse and Castres on April 22, 2023 near Soual, in Tarn (AFP/Archives/Lionel BONAVENTURE) “Strength will remain with the law”: the government said Monday…
Is the A69 Toulouse-Castres justified? Understand the debate on this highway project
Thomas Brail and another activist in a tree in front of the Ministry of the Environment on September 18. LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP While the president, Emmanuel Macron, presents the…
Is the A69 Toulouse-Castres justified? The arguments for or against this motorway project
Demonstration against the A69 motorway project, in Soual, in the Tarn, on April 22, 2023. LIONEL BONAVENTURE / AFP Opponents of the construction of the A69 motorway are playing their…