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d'une étude pour la réalisation d'un demi-diffuseur dans le sens
Roquebrune Nice. Un pendant à la bretelle d’autoroute de Beausoleil Pourquoi ça bloquait à Saint-Roman ?
opérationnelle depuis le début 2024… « Un tel demi-diffuseur sur Le 3 octobre 2022, la Communauté d’agglomération de la
Roquebrune implique que l’on n’aura plus besoin de partir sur La Turbie Riviera française a lancé un chantier de rénovation des réseaux
d’eau sur l’avenue Jean Jaurès, à Roquebrune-Cap-Martin,
pour prendre l'autoroute et sortir de ce territoire enclavé, y compris pour principale voie d’accès située à l’Est de la Principauté. Ces
des raisons de sécurité. Il est essentiel de désenclaver la commune de travaux (impliquant la mise en sens unique de la circulation
Roquebrune et ses voisines. Nous vivons des glissements de terrain routière de l’avenue Jean-Jaurès en direction de Monaco,
et nous avons parfois certains axes coupés… » Le site envisagé est depuis le giratoire des quatre chemins jusqu’à l’échangeur
sur les hauteurs de Roquebrune, au-dessus de la Coupière. Pour la Saint Roman) visent à améliorer le cadre de vie, et à sécuriser
réalisation, il faudra patienter. « Nous l'avons vécu pour la bretelle l’alimentation en eau des habitants de la commune. Ils
de Beausoleil. Pour une étude, il faut bien 2 ans et demi 3 ans. Mais devaient terminer pour les Rolex Masters.
peu importe, cette étude est le premier acte de cet équipement… »
Easier Access to the East?

by Milena Radoman
The government is banking on an overhaul of the interchange to improve traffic flow on the
Roquebrune side. Delivery by 2030.

The CARF's work on the eastern entrance The government originally intended to build construction of a half-road junction in the
to Monaco has only exacerbated the another city entrance car park. “We had Roquebrune-Nice direction. A counterpart to
traffic problem in recent months... At peak hoped to build a car park in the heart of this the Beausoleil motorway slip road, which has
times, the Saint-Roman interchange is interchange, but geologically, considering been operational since early 2024... “ With
completely saturated. It's time for us to think the water sources that run through it, this this kind of half interchange at Roquebrune
about how to make this roundabout more will not be possible”, the Minister, who is you will no longer need to go to La Turbie
efficient,” says Céline Caron. We need to looking for an alternative site, said with to take the motorway to get out of this
reorganise traffic management at this modal regret, as the new Sources car park will landlocked area, and there are also safety
junction. It's a complex project involving only meet the needs of the two state-owned considerations. It is essential to open up the
the Roquebrune-Cap-Martin town council, housing towers. commune of Roquebrune and its neighbours.
the department Alpes-Maritimes and the We’ve had landslides and some of our roads
Principality. According to the Département A partial interchange coming soon to have been cut off...”. The proposed site is
de l'Equipement, de l'Environnement et de Roquebrune? on the heights of Roquebrune, above La
l'Urbanisme, after examining the various Mayor Patrick Cesari is well aware of the Coupière. We’ll have to wait and see if it
scenarios envisaged by the overall study problem In Roquebrune-Cap-Martin. “We actually gets built. “We experienced this
of traffic flows using the Saint Roman have between 25,000 and 27,000 cars with the Beausoleil bypass. A study takes
interchange carried out in 2017, the parties passing through on the RD 6007 every day, two and a half to three years. But it doesn’t
“finally chose the option that involves the formerly the N7 trunk road. The town is matter, this study is the first step towards
overhaul of the engineering structures. The criss-crossed by people travelling to work in the construction of this new infrastructure...”.
project entails rebuilding the bridges in Monaco. A large proportion of Roquebrune
order to eliminate the problematic crossing residents have jobs in the Principality,” Why was there a bottleneck at Saint-
between Avenue de France and Avenue observes the town councillor, who has Roman?
Princesse Grace, and will limit the disruption already undertaken a number of measures On October 3, 2022, the Communauté
to road traffic during the works.” in recent years to try and improve the traffic d'agglomération de la Riviera
According to the DEEU, “the new Saint Roman situation. “We’ve turned our crossroads française launched a project to
interchange is designed to meet a number of into roundabouts. The Quatre Chemins upgrade the water networks on
objectives: to streamline traffic flow, make crossroads required 2 years of work, but avenue Jean Jaurès in Roquebrune-
it easier for different modes of traffic to use it was worth it because we have improved Cap-Martin, the main access road to
the interchange at the same time, improve safety and traffic flow”, notes the Mayor. the east of the Principality. The aim
safety and structure the spaces”. In terms According to the Town Hall of Roquebrune- of the project (which involves making
the avenue Jean-Jaurès a one-way
of timeline, “geotechnical and environmental Cap-Martin, a town with a population of road in the direction of Monaco, from
studies were conducted in 2022/2023, 12,200, this strategy has a price. “We invest the Quatre Chemins roundabout to
and the Government plans to launch the an average of €2 million every year,” says the Saint Roman interchange) is to
design studies in 2024. Discussions with the Mayor. improve the quality of life and secure
the relevant French authorities will be held And there’s more to come. Patrick Cesari the water supply for local residents. It
concurrently on the operational framework has just signed an agreement with the State, was due to be completed in time for
aiming to be ready for delivery by 2030”, the Escota, Vinci and the department of the the Rolex Masters.
Department specifies. Alpes-Maritimes to launch a study into the

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