2024-04-06 10:17:24
– Tram 15 to Perly, there are better things to do
Letters from readers
Published today at 12:17 p.m.
Tram 15 Geneva – Saint-Julien will no longer require, in 2024, the construction of a road bypass of Perly. Here’s why.
FRANK MENTHA
La Croix-de-Rozon, April 5
Planned more than twenty years ago as part of the Franco-Valdo-Geneva agglomeration project (Greater Geneva), tram 15 Geneva – Saint-Julien no longer requires, in 2024, the construction of a road bypass of Perly . Here’s why.
The southern Perly bypass indicates that the Saint-Julien road would remain an important gateway for traffic in the canton. This is a 20th century concept. She is opposed to the cantonal “Mobility 2030” plan.
This, adopted in 2013, aims to reduce automobile traffic by 40% by 2050. The cohabitation of the tram and local traffic is entirely possible on the Saint-Julien road.
In Perly, the space available is 18 m at the narrowest passage. The famous Chêne-Bougeries gully measures 14 m, without seriously hindering the passage of the tram and cars. Tram 12 has priority there because automobile traffic has a suitable alternative solution: the Autoroute blanche.
In Perly, the A1 motorway plays or should play the same role. If we have to invest millions in this part of the canton, let’s spend them to expand the Bardonnex customs platform, whose traffic jams are unfortunately known throughout Switzerland and beyond. A bypass south of Perly would cost at least around a hundred million francs. This ribbon of bitumen would also eliminate, forever and for no reason, three precious hectares of good agricultural land.
This project, which might still be conceived in the early 2000s, is no longer acceptable today. The State of Geneva must absolutely review its copy. And quick!
Charles Steiger
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