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Prefecture Puts A64 Farm Blockade Damage in Pyrénées-Atlantiques at Over €1 Million

The prefect warns that protest rights do not override public safety or holiday travel.

Overview

  • The first estimate covers cleaning, road repairs, toll-operator losses, and radar replacement or repair, according to the Pau prefecture.
  • Authorities say the figure excludes indirect economic effects such as lost business for local shops, ski resorts, and hauliers.
  • Officials documented illegal deposits of waste, tyres, slurry, asbestos, and the burning of hundreds of tonnes of refuse, with two speed cameras destroyed and 19 disabled.
  • Roughly ten complaints and reports have been lodged with prosecutors in Pau and Bayonne as degradations continued near A64 sites at Urt, Pau, and Cestas.
  • Tactics within the movement diverged as the ELB union suspended the Briscous occupation, while Coordination rurale indicated it would remain on site.