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Action Against Public Works Group NGE-ATOSCA And Against The Planned A69 Highway

An activist dressed as a giant bat is holding a placard reading 'To preserve us from mosquitoes, let's save the bats'. On February 8th, 2023, the collectives 'La Voie Est Libre', the farmers organization Confederation Paysanne 81 and XR Toulouse (Extinction Rebellion Toulouse) organized an action in Toulouse, France, to denounce works on the decried future highway Toulouse-Castres, the A69. They were disguised as giant bats and entered the parking of the headoffice of NGE-Atosca in Toulouse to play bats hunting NGE workers. The concessionaire NGE-ATOSCA had closed holes in old trees on the planned route of the highway, blocking bats and birds from occupying the holes. As the environmental studies aren't complete, NGE-Atosca doesn't have the right to close the holes in old trees. Opponents are acting as if the NGE group (poised to build this highway) doesn't have all the environmental authorizations to begin the works. This highway would cost (at date) EUR512millions for 54 kilometers, half of the money being public. Opponents of this project say that the reprofiling of the N126 would be sufficient for the 6,000 vehicles planned per day and would cost far less money. More than 100 protected species and 400ha of agricultural field would be destroyed if the A69 highway is built.

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Photo ID	#9562780
Date Taken	8 February 2023
Location	N/A
Photographer	Alain Pitton/NurPhoto
Category	Environmental Issue
Copyright	© 2026 NurPhoto - Alain Pitton/NurPhoto

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