Question 13852 — rail transport

Summary

Ms. Laurence Gayte draws the attention of the Minister, to the Minister of State, Minister of Ecological and Inclusive Transition, responsible for transport, on the subject of the Montpellier-Perpignan LGV line and wishes in particular to discuss the increased risk of submersion of this line. The Aude department has - unfortunately - been very dramatically affected by the floods. As a deputy for Pyrénées-Orientales, a neighboring department also impacted by this new extreme climatic episode, it would like to express its concerns regarding the future of the Montpellier-Perpignan LGV line. Indeed, as demonstrated by the Languedoc-Roussillon Regional Climate, Air and Energy Scheme of 2013, the Montpellier-Perpignan LGV, running along the sea and located on the edge of the Thau basin and the Bages, Sigean and Leucate ponds, is very vulnerable to the risk of submersion. In recent years, extreme climatic episodes have been repeated in the region. The railway and road infrastructures are located by the sea. During the recent floods, the Montpellier-Perpignan motorway was cut. The MP recalls that the Montpellier-Perpignan LGV line is the only existing rail line on this section. Trains cannot run there at TGV speed and it is used both to the transport of passengers and goods. Also, she asks him to indicate what the position of the Ministry of Transport is regarding the risk of damage (accelerated aging or lasting damage) of the Montpellier-Perpignan LGV line due to climatic phenomena and in particular the risk of submersion.

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