Louise Douillet 12:20 p.m., August 09, 2022, modified at 12:20 p.m., August 09, 2022

Since Monday evening and until Thursday, the A1 motorway will be closed at Saint-Denis.

A closure necessary to build a footbridge linking the Stade de France to the Olympic Aquatic Center.

It should make life easier for pedestrians and cyclists.

What do these guys think?

Did this initiative convince them? 

Two years before the 2024 Paris Olympics, preparation work continues.

A large-scale operation began on Monday: the installation of the footbridge connecting the Olympic Aquatic Center to the Stade de France, in Saint-Denis.

Consequence of the construction site: the A1 motorway has been closed since Monday 10 p.m. until Thursday August 11 at 2 p.m.

It will be impossible to travel in both directions on the section between Porte de la Chapelle and the connecting bar of the A1 and A86 motorways.

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️ Highway A1 and Avenue du President Wilson in Saint-Denis will be closed from Monday August 8 at 10 p.m. to Thursday August 11 at 4 a.m. due to the installation of the footbridge between the Olympic Aquatic Center and @StadeFrance.


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— seinesaintdenis.fr (@seinesaintdenis) August 1, 2022

A footbridge that will make life easier for pedestrians and cyclists

This initiative is welcome for Isabelle, who loses time and energy every day to get to work.

"I think it's a very good idea. And it's true that even for local residents, even by bike, we can come directly and no longer have to go back along the canal", she explains at the microphone. from Europe 1.

The footbridge that will make life easier for pedestrians and cyclists alike.

They will now pass over the busiest motorway in Europe.

Quite a symbol for Jean-Michel Genestier, logistics advisor for the metropolis of Greater Paris. 

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“Beyond the Olympic Games and this very strong link between the land games and the water games, it is the relationship in a city between the inhabitants of a district, of another district. lasting legacy of the Olympics," he said. 

But some residents, like Gemma, remain skeptical despite everything.

"There have been a lot of projects that have been canceled. So here, me, personally, I'm waiting. After the Olympics, are they going to keep their promise or is it just talk?" she asks about Europe 1. 

A 20 million euro project which should be equipped with a lighting system, video surveillance and a ramp by 2024.