LNPCA: the City of Marseille emits fried foods on the line
The Provence-Côte d’Azur (LNPCA) new line project is continuing its (interminable) administrative journey. After many rounds of consultation led by SNCF Network, the client, the communities concerned by the route were invited by the State to give their opinion on the impact study relating to the public utility of this sea serpent.
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In the front line with the Toulon and Nice metropolises, the City of Marseille has therefore just given its sesame to the project. But a green light with multiple reservations.
” This large infrastructure, which must serve Marseille and its territory, must not be built to the detriment of the neighborhoods it crosses. “, Poses the deliberation voted by the elected on November 10. If she ” supports the principle of this project and its completion as quickly as possible », The municipality of Benoît Payan displays its vigilance on various subjects whose future is not yet completely decided.
The elimination of level crossings in St-André is debated
In the Saint-Henri / Saint-André sector, the removal of the two level crossings worries residents. If they are sources of insecurity, these two devices ” are essential to serving the Saint-André district by bus and car “. Their elimination therefore calls for the implementation of alternative solutions so as not to paralyze traffic. The City sends the ball into the camp of the Aix-Marseille-Provence metropolis saying to itself “ awaiting his proposals on this point “.
One train can hide another. The City requires, in accordance with the agreements made during the steering committees, that the increase in planned traffic “ is only due to the increase in the frequency of passenger trains to the exclusion of an increase in freight “. A requirement that augurs well for new frenzied discussions during the redevelopment of the Mourepiane container terminal.
While it is delighted with the creation of a new railway stop in Saint-André, interconnected with the tramway, the municipal team is awaiting details from SNCF Réseau in order to “ that its service is of high quality and that its urban integration respects the neighborhood “.
Relocate Bassens residents
Another hot spot: the city of Bassens 2. While the State and the SNCF have opted for a route involving the demolition of this city, the City will be attentive to the rehousing of its inhabitants. This will go through ” creation, in the same arrondissement, of a social real estate operation allowing families to be rehoused in conditions of improved comfort, with constant rents and an equivalent out-of-pocket expense, together for those who so wish “.
At the same time, the City calls for the drafting of a “ specific charter guaranteeing the immediate establishment of an urban and social project management (MOUS) intended to meet the needs of residents in terms of rehousing “.
Finally, the municipality wishes ” a partnership work on the future of the base plots of the city of Bassens 2, which will not be used at the end of the works “.
The Arenc remission zone in question
The City is also assisting with the details of the project for a remission and maintenance zone for trains on the Arenc beamline. “ The sustainability of large areas separating the old and new districts from the sea, the creation of new sources of industrial nuisance, the rather vague definition for the time being of the methods of urban integration of this equipment, strongly question “, Echoes the deliberation. The municipality expects the owner and the Region to “ a real collaboration on the future of this site and the study of scenarios for the heaviest maintenance operations “.
A tram on the Boulevard National before 2035
Cornerstone of the Marseille component of the LNPCA, the underground extension project for Saint-Charles station seems to be gaining consensus. “ The creation of a new underground hall allowing the passage of through trains, the subsequent reconfiguration of the historic station offer the opportunity for an ambitious urban project », Says the deliberation. The studies undertaken with the SNCF on the configuration of the station in its environment, around the concept of ” 360 ° station “And on the opportunities for urban projects around equipment bode well for a quality dialogue, in which the City” intends to take its place “. “ In particular, this project should be used for “sew up” both sides of the railway bundle and better connect the station to the rest of the city “. In this regard, “ the realization of the tram on the National boulevard in the direction of the Belle de Mai is an imperative and an emergency, which cannot wait for the delivery of the underground station in 2035 », Hammers the City who says« expect the Metropolis to truly share the studies of this project “.
Last point of vigilance: the fourth way in the valley of Huveaune. The completion of this infrastructure, which is essential in the long term to increase the capacity and regularity of the Marseille-Aubagne-Toulon line, has been reported beyond 2035. While the SNCF indicates that it is able to achieve these short-term objectives thanks to modernization of railway signaling, the City says it will however be “ attentive to the efficient realization of the planned investments and the promises of improvements “.
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