Question 18060 — security of property and people

Summary

Mr. Édouard Jordan draws the attention of the Minister of Ecological Transition, Biodiversity and International Negotiations on Climate and Nature to the need to strengthen the clearing and maintenance of highway approaches in order to prevent the outbreak of fires and limit the spread of fires. In areas particularly exposed to the risk of fire, the approaches to motorways constitute major areas of vigilance. Car traffic, vehicle stops, reckless behavior or even certain projections can be the cause of fires starting in the immediate vicinity of infrastructures. When the vegetation is too dense or insufficiently maintained, these fires can quickly spread to surrounding natural and agricultural areas, endangering populations, homes, farms and infrastructure. This problem is particularly worrying in the Aude department, an area highly exposed to vegetation fires. In the town of Capendu, located in the constituency of the MP, numerous fires have been observed near the highway. These repeated events arouse legitimate concern among elected officials and residents and demonstrate the need for more action in terms of prevention. Motorway concession companies have a particular responsibility in the maintenance of their rights-of-way and surrounding areas. It is essential that their clearing obligations are fully respected and that vegetation maintenance is carried out regularly and sufficiently rigorously, particularly during periods of high risk. Given the evolution of fire risk, marked by more frequent episodes of drought, high temperatures and increasingly vulnerable vegetation, it also appears necessary to go further than current practices. In the most exposed sectors, increasing the areas cleared of brush near highways would make it possible to create real protection zones capable of slowing down the spread of flames and facilitate the intervention of emergency services. He therefore asks what measures the Government intends to take in order to guarantee strict compliance by motorway concession companies with their obligations in terms of clearing and maintaining the surroundings of infrastructure, to strengthen controls on the effective carrying out of these operations and to increase, in the sectors particularly exposed to the risk of fire, the surfaces having to be subject to reinforced brush clearing. In particular, he would like to know if the Government plans to implement specific measures on motorways crossing the most vulnerable territories, such as in Aude, in order to reduce the risk of fires starting and spreading and to better protect neighboring communities, their inhabitants and their activities.

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