Now They Ruin The Driver's Parade!

[//j17]

According to an article on dailysportscar.com and based on a Le Maine Libre article they're changing/ruining the driver's parade route now.

Looking at the route from Le Maine Libre it's going to take a load of random little back streets and miss out our usual haunt around Place de l'Eperon.

Can't imagine all the bars around there and the old town block behind l'Eperon/Rue de la Galere are very happy about it - especially the one that's hosted the official Corvette party for god-knows-how-many years.

Don't know if the tram actually runs during the parade but if they just want to take out the tunnel wouldn't 3 sides of Place de la Republique and out Rue Gambetta/Rue de Vert Galant and right on to Rue Barbier make more sense? They route already seems to be crossing and following tram lines on Avenue Francois Mitterrand.

Edited by //j17 on Wednesday 30th March 18:22

[//j17]

Some Gump said:

Surely in this case, "they" are the nutters with the bombs? You can lay a lot of scorn on the ACO for small matters, but public safety will sit elsewhere...

The nutters with the bombs don't seem to have shown any specific affinity for roads-with-high-walls-either-side that I'm aware of, so fail to see why the "tunnel" is at any greater risk than the rest of the route - either old or new?