The French are mad

[ctgm]

Well at least the French politicians are. How can they even think of this?

http://www.margaux-danger.com/#

Check the links for the full scale of it. Madness.

Edited May 31, 2006 by ctgm (log)

[mike volker]

For those of us who don't speak french--translate?

best,

Mike

[ludja]

For those of us who don't speak french--translate?

best,

Mike

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You can select English or French on the website petition (upper left above article)

For posterity in the thread:

The Prefect of the Gironde has just publicly announced a plan for the building of a motorway which will bypass Bordeaux.

3 of the 5 routes proposed will either cut the Margaux appellation area in two, or go around it, encroaching on superb quality terroirs, classified as AOC Margaux, or under consideration for the classification.

At a time when the tourist and wine industries are developing in tandem, this plan will seriously handicap the economic growth of our region and its ecological balance.

Terroirs unique to the world such as the Margaux appellation and the famous crus of the Haut-Médoc will thus be carved up in this intolerable assault on some of the most iconic examples of France’s cultural heritage.

Visitors come from all over the world to travel along the “route des chateaux” and visit the wine estates. Can these “visionary” government departments find no better solution than to build a motorway which will encircle or cut in two one of the finest wine producing areas in the world? When will they build a motorway through the gardens of Versailles palace?

Edited May 31, 2006 by ludja (log)

[Snowy is dead]

yikes