“We are trapped in front of this unsanitary place, it is a lawless zone, regrets Laetitia, a resident of Pleyel, head of the Solare neighborhood association. It has always been a dump but after the geothermal works a few months ago, it became even worse. »
Part of the lawn of this private square of more than 5,000 m², rue des Renouillères, in Saint-Denis, has effectively taken on the appearance of a muddy field on which artisanal and building waste mix with rubbish.
” Emergency “
“Given the urgency of the situation, this is one of the first places where we will ask Plaine Commune to install a mobile camera to prevent illegal dumping and identify the perpetrators”, announces Antoine Mokrane, deputy mayor in charge of roads.
A stone’s throw from the construction sites of the Grand Paris Express station, the Olympic village and the Pleyel tower, the place, which belongs to the owners of office buildings, could be a breath of fresh air in an urban area sorely lacking in green spaces.
It is not so, in spite of the trees, the bushes and the yellow and purple crocuses which point their petals. “You have to watch where you step and no one goes there with their children,” comments a local resident. It is in fact via a private street serving the business center that unscrupulous entrepreneurs and private individuals unload their waste in complete peace of mind.
“We found rubble, ferrous waste and even nappies! »
Plaine Commune and Saint-Denis had the wild deposits removed a fortnight ago. “We found rubble, ferrous waste and even nappies! We also sent a formal notice to the co-owners but we have not heard back,” assures Antoine Mokrane, who intends to send them the evacuation invoice.
The difficulty in clearly identifying the right contacts for the street and the square is particularly slowing down the file, according to the city. The site is managed by a free urban land association (Aful), which brings together three owners of office buildings with BNP Paribas Real Estate as agent.
A new cleaning would have been carried out last week. To limit the problem, a project to close the square had been put on the agenda of Aful in 2019, but rejected by vote of the members.
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