La Roche-sur-Yon: the municipality wants to remodel the district of Saint-André d’Ornay

“We must act on the district of Saint-André-d’Ornay, the inhabitants ask us for it”, begins Malik Abdallah, assistant for development, urban planning, public buildings and rural space in La Roche- sur-Yon.

The idea is to build an overall project that meets expectations. We intend to act by following the same method as in Bourg-sous-la-Roche.

To do this, elected officials The rock on yon (Vendee) have just voted, during the municipal council on Tuesday, June 28, 2022a deliberation aimed at controlling land operations on the perimeter of the neighborhood and start a study pour rethink the layout from top to bottom.

Four goals for a new face

Four objectives are announced: promote trade neighborhood by prioritizing pedestrian access; expand the town center and make the heart of the district more legible; improve the quality of public spaces and finally, think about the positioning of public facilities.

“We need to bring in more residents for local shops, to offer pedestrian crossings, why not, to recreate squares”

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Last renovation in 2006

It must be said that this former town merged with The rock on yon et Bourg-sous-la-Roche in 1964 has not benefited from renovation since 2006 and the renovation of Place Bonin.

Since, the face of Saint André-d’Ornay has changed a lotwith the construction of suburban houses.

The new Clos Charlotte housing estate located on the road of the sands helps to densify the neighborhood in housing, and the development of the site of the former Renault Trucks, opposite, will provide further housing to the area.

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The district is cut in two by the major road axis of the Route des Sables.

The southern bypassunder construction, “should divert part of the road traffic from this axis”, to give some air to local residents.

It remains to imagine, within four or five years, a more coherent district where the quality of life will be preserved.

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Fears in the opposition

The opening of reflection on the neighborhood has, however, aroused fears among the elected representatives of the left-wing opposition.

“Do not touch the Petit Bois, it is the green lung of the district”, warned Aurélie Vieilledent, elected from the group “Engageons-nous”, who called for “broad consultation” and “vigilance to maintain appeasement in this district. »

Claire Mauriatelected environmentalist, expressed her doubts “about the calming of traffic” brought by the small southern bypass in progress and what she describes as “trashing of the Ornay Valley”.

Martine Chantecaille (“Let’s commit”) regretted the announced closure of the neighborhood media library.

Romain Bossis expressed fears about the forthcoming consultation, corroborated by Nicolas Helary who summarized: “We do not put the same reality behind the word consultation”, while saying “extremely suspicious” about the project. “You are not going to vote on the pretext that you have no visibility: but the study has not begun! We are starting the reflection, ”pleaded Malik Abdallah.

In vain, since all the elected representatives of the opposition abstained on this deliberation.

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