Meeting under high voltage in Jonquières-Saint-Vincent to talk about the 400,000 volt line

Une salle comble et des interventions toutes contre le projet.

The 400,000 volt line will connect the Fos-sur-Mer area and the Jonquières-Saint-Vincent electrical substation over 65 km. A first consultation meeting, Thursday February 15, in Bellegarde attracted 300 people.

The opening meeting of the public consultation on the project to create a very high voltage overhead power line between Fos-Sur-Mer in the Bouches du Rhône and Jonquières-Saint-Vincent will take place. is held this Thursday, February 15 in Jonquières St Vincent. It began, in a packed room of 300 people, with a republican welcome from Jean-Marie Fournier, mayor of Jonquières-Saint-Vincent: "It would not be honest to say that we welcome this project. We are here this evening to form our conscious opinion".

Some banners to welcome RTE representatives…

Then Christophe Mirmand, prefect coordinator of the project, prefect of the PACA region and prefect of Bouches-du-Rhône, underlined the need for "energy transition, decarbonization but also industrial sovereignty", which requires the creation of this line. Representatives of RTE (Electricity Transmission Network) then presented the project with the different possible hypotheses and then the floor was given to the public. MP (RN) Yoann Gillet said: "We don’want your project. We are not the trash of the neighboring region. We have agricultural land to preserve, a territory to develop. 50 m high pylons, even designed by architects, are not acceptable. We will do everything possible to ensure that this project does not come to fruition".

In the front row, the mayors and the deputy of the constituency.

The mayor of Beaucaire Julien Sanchez could not admit that such a project was possible while « if a farmer wants to build a shed he does not have the right to do so ". Juan Martinez said that he "understood well from the  first meeting in Arles that we had no choice and that no one is in favor of this project.< /p>

Chantal Millesi of the Jonquière Citizen Association shared a "concern for future generations with regard to economic demands which are to the detriment of the living environment". A representative of the FNSEA du Gard said "to firmly oppose the project. This route is the worst scenario where the largest agricultural basin of Gard would be sacrificed".  "Why not talk about the others possible solutions ?" questioned a winegrower from Bellegarde while some asked the question of complete burial.

Several speakers insisted on the fact that this project was going too quickly, that time must be taken. The question of bird protection was answered "ongoing environmental studies and project of beacons, colorful and vibrant spirals whose noise will not be of any disturbance to humans". During the discussion, although courteous, the public's interventions were systematically applauded as a sign of disapproval of the project.

The principle of consultation which involves a right of registration via the internet not accessible to all was also called into question. Luc Perrin, Beaucairois opposition municipal councilor, among the last speakers, estimated that "PACA which will have the butter and the butter money must assume the costs. disadvantages". Prefect Mirmand recalled the "necessary decarbonization as an issue of national sovereignty". For RTE representatives, the next steps will be to work on possible passages of the line with those who know the territory to find the most balanced solution and to continue to move forward. meeting of citizens".

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