To the west as to the north of Strasbourg, and even in the city center, the trams are on the right track. New extensions, "very structuring" and at the heart of public mobility policies for the next few years, are about to be concretely launched, even if the northern service (towards Schiltigheim) still raises some questions. Questions, the same more or less that have animated this debate for finally more than fifteen years now. On Friday, the Eurometropolis council had in fact laid a new rail by approving the new stages at a sustained pace, the objective of the Eurometropolis being a commissioning before the end of the mandate and the gradual but complete establishment. of the Low Emission Zone (ZFE).It is for the communities to jointly advance all the pieces of the chessboard to make possible the acceptance of the EPZ by the population.
Development of the Metropolitan Express Network, coach lines, new BHNS lines, limitation of traffic, parking, improvements on the former A35, development of multimodal modes of transport, development and improvement of cycle paths, etc. in the coming years to be able to respond to the new mobility scheme that will govern the entire living area of the Strasbourg metropolitan area, but also well beyond these borders.
From concrete to the west
After public consultation (very extensive), approval of the works, start of the public inquiry and continuation of studies for the extension of tram F to Wolfisheim. The extension from Koenighsoffen to Wolfisheim posed little problem apart from the problem of crossing the railway bridge but was still approved during the Eurometropolis council on Friday. The choice of route finally passes through rue Virgile. The route, 4 kilometers long, will notably pass through the very dense and popular district of Hohberg, an element which was decisive for the choice of the final route.
This extension will include nine new stations passing through Eckbolsheim and its business area, with a terminus on rue de Wasselonne in Wofisheim.
Located as close as possible to the city's entry roundabout with a new relay car park, this terminus will be at the heart of a hub for the western entrance to the city.
In the North, it is still being discussed
For “the Schiltigheim tram”, and more widely called a tram for the North, this is still a struggle, as it has for nearly 15 years after all. But an issue that is moving forward with heated debates between elected officials. And that will begin a consultation which will be launched from mid-June until September. Technically and politically difficult, the discussions now focus on the insertion of the tram, on the routes, even if some elected officials, in particular the mayors of the surrounding municipalities, would like the mobility project to be studied again as a whole during this consultation, without necessarily going by a tram.
A tram in two parts, one leading from Strasbourg city center to the entrance to Bischheim via Schiltigheim, and another section from Strasbourg train station to the Wacken district and the European institutions. For the two sections, three routes each are envisaged. For the “Schiltigheim tram”, a route to the West, which would take the route du Général de Gaulle and pass through the writers' quarter, the route preferred by the mayor of Schiltigheim Danielle Dambach and vice-president of the Eurometropolis. A route through the center and the road to Bischwiller and finally a route which would link the route du Général de Gaule but which would join the route de Bischwiller via Bischheim station.
In Strasbourg, two of the three proposed routes will be common to the links to Wacken and the University.
But one will pass through avenue des Vosges, the other through rue Sébastopol, the Kléber and Sturm quays.
A third route would go through Boulevard Clémenceau.
For now, negotiations and consultations promise to be intense before seeing the light of day by 2025-2026.
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