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Housing, a covered hall, a roundabout, parking… The Cœur de Ville project has caused a lot of ink to flow. Brownfields, located in the triangle formed by Jaurès, Mirabeau and Zola streets, behind the church, are about to be exploited after almost half a century of inertia. Côté Mirabeau and Zola, a collective of 32 housing units, spread over two floors, must be created, as well as a beguinage and parking. On the church side, a covered hall will be erected to accommodate the weekly market in case of bad weather and other outdoor events. Parking spaces are also provided. Through this project, the municipality wishes to create a strong and dynamic place, to absorb cumbersome wasteland and to offer a housing offer in the city center. Except that the planned collective straddling rue Mirabeau and Zola is the subject of a petition launched by several residents who do not see this establishment favorably, to the detriment of the existing green space. Annoyed by this outcry of green shields, Xavier Jouanin sees, through this fierce desire to preserve a chestnut tree located on the wasteland, only a pretext to get rid of the collective. ” All the housing creation projects necessarily disturb those who are nearby, I can imagine. But two environmental studies validated the project because, contrary to what the Golden Tree claims, there are no protected species or remarkable trees on this site. For the time being, the housing construction project – carried by the lessor Habitat Hauts-de-France for an amount of 5 million euros – is therefore the subject of an appeal. A situation that the mayor deplores, especially since the creation of housing on the outskirts can not take place until the wastelands of the city center are not exploited. ” This is also the environment. What are the limits of ecology? It has become stupid! We do not serve the personal interests of a family but the general interest, through a housing offer that people demand. »
Good to know: The town will benefit from the revitalization system for town centers subsidized by the Region. It is a budget of 1 million euros which will cover the creation of the covered hall and the car park. With the passage of 12,000 cars per day rue Jean Jaurès, the creation of a roundabout at the crossroads with rue du 14 Juillet becomes necessary. This roundabout could be created by 2022 by the Department. To limit the nuisances pointed out by the Golden Tree, the collective was moved back 3 meters from the sidewalk of rue Mirabeau. Hyper mineralized, the very large Place Voltaire will become green in the coming months with the development of a green space and a vegetated pedestrian path. About thirty parking spaces will be retained. Between the collective and the covered hall, the project to create a nursing home fell through. The municipality will therefore develop this vacant public space and preserve it for a possible future installation project. P. B.
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