LGV Bordeaux-Toulouse: the Council of State gives the green light – archyde

By rejecting the request for cancellation of the declaration of public utility (DUP) demanded by a group of opponents, the highest French administrative court is paving the way for the creation of a high-speed line (LGV) to link Toulouse and Paris, via Bordeaux, in just over three hours, compared to around 4:10 today.

The Council of State thus lifted, Monday evening September 27, the last legal obstacle to the high-speed rail line project between Bordeaux and Toulouse. This project had been declared of public utility and urgent in 2016. The Council of State had been seized by a group of associations, elected officials and communities of Gironde and Lot-et-Garonne opposed to the project to the south of Bordeaux. They contested the merits of the DUP for the section of the LGV linking the Bègles station to that of Saint-Médard-d’Eyrans, about ten kilometers further south.

On the financing side, the State has pledged to pay 4.1 billion euros for the construction of this new line between Bordeaux and Toulouse, or about 40% of the total cost of the project.

The communities – regions, departments and agglomerations of Occitanie and New Aquitaine – should share the financing of 40% of this line. The remaining 20% ​​should be supplemented by European funds, according to the promoters of the A tour de table bringing together the main local funders of the line on Tuesday evening, the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region reported.