Le Tampon

Le Tampon is an inland city on Réunion’s southern slopes, where settlement has developed along the roads climbing from Saint-Pierre toward the island’s highlands. The centre, La Châtoire and Trois-Mares now form a closely connected urban area, but this linear growth has produced heavy congestion at the main approaches and junctions.

A new five-kilometre urban road is intended to redistribute traffic between the Azalées roundabout and the RN3 near the 14th kilometre. The project also reserves space for dedicated public transport and a greenway, linking road construction to alternatives to private-car travel. Alongside new economic areas, this infrastructure is reshaping how the city’s dispersed neighbourhoods connect to its central services and to the wider south of Réunion.