In the packed room of the Le Zola cinema, the mayor Cedric Van Styvendael (PS), his deputy Agnès Thouvenot and the vice-president of the Métropole Béatrice Vessiller (EELV) presented their project for the city center of Villeurbanne.
“We want to give a real identity to the city center”
In parallel with the expansion of the Skyscrapers and the arrival of the T6 tramway scheduled for 2026, the communities plan to transform the public spaces of the city center, “now reduced to avenue Henri-Barbusse”.
To remedy this, “we want to give it a real identity, explained the socialist mayor. We want public spaces to be treated with the same quality as Avenue Barbusse in terms of materials, town planning and coverings. »
End of parking on the market square
First stage of the transformation: the requalification of Place Chanoine-Boursier, Square Felix-Lebossé and the adjoining streets. Whether the public consultation which has just been launched…
