VIDEO. In Montpellier, activists oppose a motorway project

“To act now is to build another model in a democratic way, it is to immediately stop all climaticide projects which reinforce urbanization, concrete and road traffic. It is still time.”

“It was initially presented as a small inter-cantonal road to connect the villages and open up the hinterland. In reality, it is a large ring road that will connect the A75 motorway and the A9 motorway.

These activists gathered near Montpellier to oppose the project to create a motorway that will link the A75 motorway and the A9. They denounce the ecological impact of such a construction.

“In reality, road projects are national infrastructures which are thought of as a network which is grafted onto the territories and which never responds to the problems of the territories.”

For these members of the collective, protecting their land is a necessity. “You should know that the Mediterranean is one of the richest biodiversities in the world, we are sitting on a real treasure and in fact, the areas affected are extremely precious biodiversity hotspots.”