“Traffic completely restored on the A13 motorway, in both directions”, announces the prefect on Twitter

There is “had a barricade that was able to reach a meter high, thanks to elements of branches, with 200 to 300 demonstrators who were gathered and who tore down the fence of the motorway to be able to burst on the road”, indicated on franceinfo the prefect of Eure. So they have “seriously endangered road users (…) a large traffic jam quickly formed and the gendarmes intervened to quickly evacuate a child who had become unwell”said Simon Babre.

An “undeclared demonstration”

It was about“an undeclared demonstration and completely in contradiction with the declarations of the organizers of the Léry rally (Eure) who had indicated that it was a family and peaceful festival with hikes in the forest”added Simon Babre.

The eastern Rouen bypass project comprises 41.5 kilometers of track between the A13 to the south and the A28 to the north. The highways will cross many agricultural lands and natural areas, in particular the Bord forest, and will pass close to homes.

The Uprisings of the Earth association posted photos on its Twitter account on Sunday afternoon showing activists setting up barricades across the highway: “After crossing the forest of Bord then the national, the demonstrators equipped themselves with sticks and took over the motorway to contest the project of the future A133 – A134”, she wrote on the social network. The prefecture indicates that traffic is also blocked on the departmental D6015 between Pont de l’Arche and Le Vaudreuil.