Waste in the middle of the street, surprise tax increase, snowfall: the main news in the region

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New ski resorts open

#LOZERE. After the heavy snowfall on Wednesday, the Bleymard Mont Lozère area will open its slopes from this Friday. The public will be welcomed on site from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with the possible rental of cross-country skis, Nordic touring skis, snowshoes and sleds. The snowshoe trails are marked with a new circuit proposed this year.

The northern area of ​​Mas de la barque should also open, with 40 cm of snow, as well as the northern area of ​​Bouviers. Only the cross-country trails will remain closed due to lack of snow. The opening of the Alpine domain remains uncertain.

Six months suspended prison sentence required against Jacques Blanc

#MENDE. At 84 years old, the former president of the Languedoc-Roussillon regional council (between 1986 and 2004), was on the dock this Thursday, January 11. He is accused of having improperly allocated, in 2014, when he was president of the Lozère departmental tourism council, more than 64,000 € retirement bonus to its former director Pierre Spirito, also prosecuted for concealment of breach of trust.

The facts were revealed in a report from the Court of Auditors after the election of socialist Sophie Pantel as head of the department in 2015. The prosecutor requested six months in prison, suspended to against the two defendants. The decision of the criminal court is expected on Thursday February 8.

Today's figure: 25 to 33%

#BAGNOLS-SUR-CEZE. During the test year for the incentive fee for waste collection, a price list was sent to residents during information meetings. Since January 1st, the test is finished and the organization is launched. But the prices are no longer the same! Overall, prices have increased between 25 and 33% depending on the volume of the bins. The residents received no justification for this increase.

Abundant snow in the hinterland

#HERAULT, AVEYRON.As expected, snow fell in Aveyron and in the Hauts cantons of Hérault this Thursday. The authorities had anticipated the snowy episode, with the cancellation of school transport on the Lodévois even if the regular lines operated, as well as the storage of heavy goods vehicles on the A75 north of Lodève, in the South-North direction.

At Salvetat-sur-Agout, in places, a thickness of around thirty centimeters of snow was recorded. The Avène sector was not spared with around fifteen centimeters. Around 800 m altitude, in the Espinouse massif, where access to the pass was closed in the morning, the snow cover was even around 40 cm.

To protest, they pile up the waste

#MONTPELLIER.Piles of rubble and piles of tires clutter the rue du Mas de Portaly. Since January 3, traffic on this axis, completely obstructed for a good hundred meters, has become impossible. “Street blocked” signs have been installed by residents, particularly those in the gypsy town. A population who decided to express their anger at the filthy state of their street.

"It's been five or six months since the street was cleaned. “It's becoming an open-air dump,” deplores Landsson Hoffman, spokesperson for these residents. According to him, the waste piled up for months has encouraged other illegal dumping in a spiral of deterioration of the situation. The protesters behind the blockade alerted the city and the metropolis of their action, a first of its kind. "We have nothing against the two, we just want to find a solution. And we will continue to block the street until we find it, insists Landsson Hoffman.
 

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