2023-12-28 16:10:00
Ask a Liégeois how they are, they will tell you… about the tram. This sprawling and endless construction site has paralyzed the Ardent City since 2019. Labyrinth, dirt, delays… Of course, no omelette without breaking the eggs. But many nuisances could have been limited if good management had been in place.
Bonus Christmas gift, we learn that the extension to Seraing is still in the hot seat due to excessively high quotes. Yes, a tram is expensive. Yes, this type of project is exposed to additional costs, which Wallonia should therefore have amply anticipated.
Tram extensions to Herstal AND Seraing: it would cost 365 million euros for both!
100 km away, near the Gare du Midi, get news from the locals: they will tell you about metro 3. Avenue de Stalingrad, like in Liège, is filled with barriers and dust. A construction site experiencing delay after delay. Here too, the extension, towards Schaerbeek, is compromised.
Two fiascos at a time when these cities are suffocating with unbearable congestion. Liège needs a tram, Brussels a metro. In short, a modern transport network worthy of the 21st century. For 2024, we have the right to expect concrete results. No renunciation and flouted deadlines like in 2023.
It was supposed to see the light of day in 2022, it will ultimately only be partially finished by 2030: metro 3, the endless chronicle of delays
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