CANAL du MIDI

english version of the VNF explanation.. However, the statement that the disease kills the trees is FALSE.

yet another version with no answer, except cutting them down..

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The VNF says ( or it's intellectual consultants)  that the disease can only be irradicated because there is no cure. So instead of letting the trees live a few hundred more years, they just chop them down... In this new area by the bridge ,where they have already poisoned around 25 trees, none of these intellects have taken into account the canal and the bridge are one. So, with another cold winter and no longer the trees holding the banks of the canal, the bridge will collapse and that will close the canal for a year , and then the boat rental companies will want compensation and  it is the taxpayer paying the bill........ the area around the bridge is a stretch of 54 kilometers without a lock, making it the more popular area to travel for the tourist...........
Also the bitter irony of their wording  should be noted.. VNF is saving the trees by cutting them down..

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The VNF needs to fulfill their job with maintaining the canals, rather than cutting down the trees that hold the banks. They are creating a maintenance nightmare, as they replace  the trees with an unsturdy wood wall, the trees have held the canal for 340 years and now somehow they believe wood will do the job that will not even last ten years, less with the abuse of the boats going to fast. .

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Boat wash has severely weakened the road barrier, yet the VNF did no repair,while canal was empty.

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 Normally, one should pay to park a boat on the canaldumidi,, however , i cannot possibly give or pay a single penny. As they will use the money to cut down more trees. And the landscaping done in the year 1660 included the trees, and that is why it has UNESCO status. I refuse to help someone  cut off their nose to spite their face

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The VNF now intends to  frequently drain a portion of the Canal du Midi , to chop down more Plane trees. The canal has never been drained in modern history and these same trees are what holds the canal together.. The very trees you see in the background of this site are condemned to die
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A recent article  here---  "In a letter to Mr Fillon, quoted by the French news agency AFP, the president said that "at a time when our compatriots are hit by the crisis, the state must more than ever set an example.

"Those who represent the general interest cannot be exempted from the effort demanded of the nation. They have a particular responsibility which comes with their mission - to be irreproachable in their use of public funds."

Now imagine the taxpayer's dismay when they find out how the VNF at the Canal Du Midi are squandering
huge sums because they are  escalating the maintainence of the canal in huge proportions..

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