90 km / h on expressways: Segolene Royal is in favor – TF1

The idea lowered to 90 km / h speed on some motorway sections was relaunched by the Mayor of Valencia in the Drôme, a town crossed by the A7, the axis busiest in Europe, particularly at this time of year. Nicolas Daragon (Republicans) made a request to that effect to the Ministry of Ecology on July 17, an applicant who has received the support of Ségolène Royal .

On Sunday, the minister’s office told AFP that it will support the request of the elected, even if the decision is to be taken in “Inter”. And “Overall, the speed limits on expressways in the right direction,” do you still believe in the entourage of the Minister. This “will therefore give a positive opinion” if other cities formulated similar requests, it is added.

The city of Valencia is crossed by the A7 “Autoroute du soleil”, very busy during the holidays, but also the rest of the year, for its strategic position in the Rhone Valley. Currently, the speed is already reduced by 20 km / h to 110 km / h. “My request is the result of the parliamentary inquiry, which was presented to him two weeks ago he and three other studies conducted locally, who say that air pollution in the territory of Valencia is mainly generated by road transport, because” there are very few polluting industries in Valencia and very little need to use the heating, “argues Nicolas Daragon. This pollution is the cause of 55 deaths in the metropolitan area, he adds, citing data from the Health Watch Institute.

According to the mayor of Valencia, fifteen cities in France would be concerned with highways passing within 300 meters from the center. In July, in a report titled “Air Pollution: the cost of inaction,” a Senate inquiry commission estimated at 101.3 billion annual cost of air pollution. After this publication, the Minister of Ecology has measures “extremely firm” fight against air pollution. They have still not been announced.