In southwest France, a newly installed no-entry sign on a road in Lartigue has raised tensions with neighboring communes. Mayor Philippe Lamotte stated that the sign was necessary due to increased traffic, citing GPS navigation as a cause for the tenfold rise in road usage over 15 years. While the restriction was legally supported, nearby officials were not consulted, leading to access issues for their residents. The legal status of the road is contested, complicating the situation further as the local sub-prefect reviews the impact of the decree.
Traffic has increased tenfold in 15 years: we get all the people from Lot-et-Garonne! We've set a speed limit of 30k/h, but some people drive at 80 on this very narrow road.
The narrow road connects several villages, and residents of those communes can no longer use it on a daily basis.
Although the decree was issued in December, the sign did not go up until May - meaning that the two-month limit to appeal against it had passed before the sign went up.
According to Lamotte, it's a Défense des Forêts contre l'incendie track, and therefore private. According to the mayor of nearby Giscos, it's a municipal road.
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