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Toulouse Appeals Court Holds Final Hearings On Legality Of Planned A69 Highway

MP Anne Stambach-Terrenoir gestures during a discourse in front of the Administrative Court of Appeal during the hearings. A final hearing on the legality of the environmental authorizations for the planned highway A69 between Toulouse and Castres takes place in the Administrative Court of Appeal of Toulouse. Plaintiffs against the A69 ask the court to nullify all environmental authorizations given for the A69 project. Opponents gather in front of the Administrative Court of Appeal during the hearings. They argue that this highway is not legally sound and that NGE/Atosca (builders) do not respect their own documents regarding ecological compensations, violence against opponents, and non-compliance with regulations. NGE/Atosca and the Minister of Ecology plead that this highway is 'necessary by nature' and that the first decision of the Administrative Court to scrap the authorizations is an 'anomaly'. The verdict will be given on December 30, 2025. The main association 'La Voie est Libre' (i.e., 'The Way is Free') wants the building of the highway to be stopped until all judicial decisions on the content are given. Opponents of this project say that the reprofiling of the N126 will be sufficient for the 6,000 vehicles planned per day and would cost far less money. The A69 highway will cost EUR512 million (in 2018 euros without inflation) for 54 kilometers. This takes place in Toulouse, France, on December 11, 2025. (Photo by Alain Pitton/NurPhoto)

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Photo ID	#13085506
Date Taken	11 December 2025
Location	N/A
Photographer	Alain Pitton/NurPhoto
Category	Crime, Law and Justice
Copyright	© 2025 NurPhoto - Alain Pitton/NurPhoto

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