SAONE AND RHONE BASINS

The outstanding water highway, the great route towards the Mediterranean; nevertheless, a dead-end, such as the small-dimension bottleneck to the north of the basin, is still there.
The abandonment, during construction, of the Rhine-Rhône canal is likely to have been the most serious waterway-management error of the end of the century.
This was an error that is slowing the development of the valley and overloading its roads.