How do you think Place Saint-Pierre is evolving?

Let’s face it: the Place Saint-Pierre evolves well during the day. It is the reverse for the night.

So there are two Saint-Pierre squares, one daytime and the other nighttime?

That’s it. A place with two atmospheres, two populations and two activities. During the day, it is a pleasant place, with entertainment on weekends (markets, artisans). A green place, equipped with street furniture where it is pleasant to sit. A student place for all audiences, families, tourists, sometimes artists. It’s a bit of a ‘recreation of the place’, although covid terraces tend to ‘nibble’ the space. On the other hand, in the evening, the square is transformed: the arrival of noisy and often uncivil groups completely modifies its appearance.

What do you think are the biggest inconveniences of this place?

Incivility and lack of respect for the environment, all the more so in a major city square. From Tuesday to Saturday evening, several hundred real people are stationed on this square, often degrading it with dozens of bottles found in the Garonne in the early morning, vomit, urine excrement and a shame. bowl of the inhabitants including the adjacent streets (quai Lombard, place and port de la Daurade, rue des Blanchers, rue Pargaminières). Not to mention the noise linked to the cleaning trucks from 2 am are triggered in action, triggered the sleep of the residents. Many people are also leaving these neighborhoods. It only takes a group of five, six screaming and alcoholic people to ruin everything.

What does it take to change the situation? More controls?

No, the checks are carried out even if in the evening, the municipal police can sometimes seem overwhelmed. On the other hand, we need more bins and toilets, quickly saturated. But above all, it is necessary to reduce the surface area of ​​the terraces in order to share the public space equitably. It is the inability to absorb all this public which harms the whole, which degrades, which drains incivilities.