The project does not pass.
In the running for the organization of the 2027 World Cycling Championships, the Haute-Savoie department, if its application is successful, will have to build a velodrome for the fifteen days of competition.
A project considered by some ambitious, not very respectful of the environment and very expensive since estimated at 50 million euros.
Elected officials opposed it, stressing its low profitability, indicates France 3 Auvergne Rhône-Alpes.
Three departmental councilors voted against the sports arena.
The environmentalists filed this Monday via EELV Pays de Savoie an appeal for interim suspension before the administrative court against the candidacy of the department, reports Actu Haute-Savoie.
A dozen environmental defense associations joined them in expressing their rejection of the velodrome.
The administrative court of Grenoble (Isère) will make its decision next week on the possible suspension of official discussions, requested by several associations.
The choice of the organizing country will be revealed on September 22 and, for the time being, the departmental council has not spoken.
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