The local opposition fears the trolley is financially derailing

As the second trolley train arrived on june 9th in Angers, a double controversy inflamed the debate of the town councillors last week : on one hand, the trail of the second line, on the other hand, the cost of the trolley.

According to the minority at townhall, the second trail linking Beaucouzé to Saint-Sylvain d'Anjou "should have been the first" complained Gilles Groussard, town councillor (minority) who added "the second line will be the first with regard to activity" : about 41 000 passengers per day. A few years ago, the business circles of Angers stood up for that second trail, instead of the first linking Avrillé to La Roseraie.

But the cost of the second line worries the local opposition. "Since 2002, we never stopped to inform about the drift of the costs of the trolley : 320 millions € according to the last estimates instead of 170 millions € at the start of the project", warns Laurent Gérault, leader of the minority. "The difference is quite the price of a second trolley trail". The bill for the second line is presently evaluated at about 350 millions €. But the opposition town councillors fear a new loss of control of the budget.