• 95% of the inhabitants of Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon and La Mulatière voted against the cable car project linking Francheville to Lyon, during a consultative referendum.

  • A pebble in the shoe of Sytral, which gives more importance to the future results of the consultation, launched on February 15.

  • In the event of "strong opposition from the entire project", however, he said he was ready to abandon the project.

The consultative referendum, organized on Sunday by the municipalities of Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon and la Mulatière, on the cable car project linking Francheville to Lyon, will he reshuffle the cards? Or encourage environmentalists to back down? As a reminder, 8,000 voters went to the polls and 95% of them gave an unfavorable opinion to the project. A hell of a stone in the Sytral's shoe. If the vote has no legislative value, it nevertheless acts as a barometer and constitutes an important indicator that the organizer of the Lyon public transport network cannot ignore.

“There has been so much misinformation on the subject.

I believe that the voters moved because they were afraid that the cabins fall on the nurseries or the schools, as it was written in certain documents ”, loose Jean-Charles Kohlhaas, deputy vice-president of Sytral, for which the result "is not a surprise in itself".

“The democratic organization of this referendum foreshadowed it.

On the other hand, the real surprise comes from the strong participation, ”he admits.

The decisive consultation

Elected officials obviously did not expect such a mobilization.

In Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon in particular, the participation of 43% was equivalent to that of the municipal elections, but although higher than those of the metropolitan or regional elections.

From there to bend the Sytral?

The preliminary consultation, launched on November 15, remains "the priority", he indicates.

It will be decisive.

"It is this which interests us because it is not only a question of a vote without element of discussion, reflection or information, answers again Jean-Charles Kohlhaas.

Today, I do not really have the feeling that the elected officials who oppose this project, propose or support alternatives that we submit in the consultation.

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"If the opposition is too strong, we will give up"

The environmentalist majority wants to "take the time to discuss with people" to "enrich" or even "modify" their file.

“But if we feel strong opposition from the entire metropolitan area, we will give up the project,” he concedes.

Even if only 30% of citizens are opposed to it, I don't think this project would be viable ”.

The elected officials will be the only ones to decide in the end.

In May 2022, they will be asked to vote in the board of directors on the continuation of the project.

"If the opposition is too strong, and even if it is not 51%, we are mature enough to make the decision to drop," concludes Jean-Charles Kohlhaas.

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