For these inhabitants of the Écusson, exasperated, the problem is not the transit traffic, but of being able to return and leave their homes.
“The day they closed rue Saint-Louis, I didn’t know how to get out of town. I put Waze down to Gambetta, he made me take a 4 km detour. ‘is found surrounded. “
They limit the city to young and healthy people. In addition, the craftsmen no longer want to come
Particularly upset, Mia, a resident of Peyrou, immediately launched a petition when she realized that she was not alone in this case. “We weren’t aware of it. The rue Saint-Louis, we knew it, but they also closed Émile-Zola and made it impossible for Auguste-Comte to access. Everything is blocked. And that suddenly saturates the others. out of town. “
She goes on: “We’re not stupid, of course we usually walk around. But there are four of us at the house. Sometimes I need to do the shopping and fill a cart, bring back milk. or something else.”
Anecdotes fuse
Sophie (Chaptal), Agnès (Carré-du-Roi), Florence (Foch) and Coralie (Écusson), Mia’s friends are there. Antoine, his brother-in-law, also. And the anecdotes fuse. As when it was necessary to have a new fridge delivered, the delivery man turned around. So “that he arrived just after 10 am, the cut-off time”.
“At the terminal, sometimes, they are nice but many have a little power and they take advantage of it. We get thrown.” Agnes: “My daughter has her business on the outskirts. Suddenly, she takes an Uber to go there. I can no longer bring her and spend hours in traffic jams. Problem: the taxi no longer goes into town and leaves her more and more in further. I’m not reassured when she comes home. “
And parking
Difficult access therefore, but the discussion goes up a notch when it comes to parking. The closure of the Arceaux car park? “Ridiculous”, “an aberration”, “a big bullshit: this is the cheapest and easiest parking lot.” In short, they are exasperated. They understand the discontent of motorists but denounce an even worse situation for them.
“The difficulties, we live in them. They limit the city to young and healthy people. You have to be 40 years old, no children, be well off. And the craftsmen no longer want to come.” Agnes’s phone rings. His client turned around. As a trader, she will have to send him the light she sold him at her own expense.
“For us, it’s a double penalty”
Of the six present around the table, four are traders. “For us, it’s double the penalty.” Coralie takes the example of her hairdressing salon: “Today, clients no longer come. Or less. They are content to color. For brushing, they go elsewhere.”
Like Florence, who came by scooter, Coralie gets around by bike. “It’s super dangerous, I got hit twice.” Mia admits to asking the question of moving. “They are killing the city center. Look at the number of vacant businesses. The Jeu-de-Paume is not working. Louis-Blanc is devastated.”
They hope that an opening to Gambetta will be possible for them again, even if it means closing the course after Boulevard Renouvier. For now, they feel locked in at home.
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