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First “Crash Test” in the Orne

By Alain Lambert • Oct 2nd, 2009 • Category: Children & Young Adults, Roads, Security, Transport, Videos

17,000 school children are transported within the Orne every day. Although accidents are rare, they most often happen around bus stops.
Orne Council is recognised nationally for its safety record and amongst its actions in this area is the modernisation of some 600 bus stops across the department, a huge project which is due to be [...]



September roadworks

By Alain Lambert • Sep 2nd, 2009 • Category: Roads, Transport

The Council maintains 5,824kms of departmental roads. In 2008 it invested 24 M euros in the Orne’s transport infrastructure. These are the principal roadworks carried out over the next month…



A88 - the Orne viaduct

By Alain Lambert • Jul 15th, 2009 • Category: Roads, Transport, Videos

Work on the Orne viaduct on the A88 between Falaise and Sées was inagurated on the 29th June. Present were Augustin de Romanet, Director of Caisse des Dépôts,  Joël Rousseau, President of Alicorne (the contractors),  Christian Leyrit, Prefet of Basse-Normandie, Prefet of Calvados, Laurent Beauvais, President of the Conseil Régional de Basse-Normandie, Alain Lambert, Senator [...]



Ecological road surfaces

By Alain Lambert • Jun 24th, 2009 • Category: Roads

The Council tests a new, more ecological, procedure for resurfacing roads
The Council is responsible for the 5,824 kilometres of roads that criss-cross the Orne.
As part of its policy of sustainable development the council are testing an innovative way of road surfacing on the D262 coming out of Céaucé towards Cigné (in the Mayenne). Instead of [...]



RD17 reopens on the 27th April

By Alain Lambert • Apr 24th, 2009 • Category: Roads, Transport

Work has been undertaken to secure the site and remove dangerous rocks which are in danger of falling onto the road. Last week holes were drilled to enable the installation of 40mm metal trusses for holding in place the remaining rocks, work which has been completed today. The installation of a protective mesh along the cliff-edge…



Roadworks in April/May

By Alain Lambert • Apr 16th, 2009 • Category: Roads, Transport

Le President of Orne County Council would like to warn road users about upcoming roadworks in the Orne.
Briouze
The section of the D21 coming from the D860 towards Briouze will be closed for resurfacing until the 30th April…



Public meetings about the Flers-Argentan road

By Alain Lambert • Apr 16th, 2009 • Category: Roads, Transport

Orne County Council is going to develop the road between Flers and Argentan by creating a dual-carriageway. This big project, part of the Orne Road Plan (Plan Routier Ornais) has already undergone feasibility studies in 2004-2005 and was declared in the ‘public interest’ on the 10th April 2006 after public enquiries.



RD17 due to reopen 29th April

By Alain Lambert • Apr 16th, 2009 • Category: Roads, Transport

There was a landslide onto the RD17 near Saint-Pierre-du-Regard during the night of 17th March.
Work has been under way to secure the site and remove dangerous rocks which are in danger of falling onto the road.
From the 14th to 17th April holes are being drilled to enable the installation of 40mm metal trusses for holding [...]



RD17 still closed

By Alain Lambert • Apr 3rd, 2009 • Category: Roads, Transport

There was a landslide onto the RD17 near Saint-Pierre-du-Regard during the night of 17th March.
The council acted immediately to secure the area by removing several more boulders which were in danger of falling onto the road.
On the 2nd April, agents for the County Council commenced tree-felling along the edge of the cliff to make the [...]