After two years of legal wrangling, the Toulouse Administrative Court ruled that the Toulouse-Castres freeway project was illegal, finding that there was no “imperative reason of overriding public interest”. Other complaints are pending.
On February 27, 2025, the Toulouse Administrative Court handed down its long-awaited decision: the environmental authorization granted to the A69 freeway project linking Toulouse to Castres has been cancelled. The court ruled that there was no “imperative reason of overriding public interest” to justify the environmental impact of this…