In 2022, Anne Hidalgo wants to “continue to embellish Paris”
“We continue to restore Paris to all its splendor”, an assured the elected socialist in wishes posted online.
In 2022, the mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo wants to continue to give back to the capital “all its splendor” and continue its “embellishment”, from major tourist sites to the gates of popular districts, she declared on Thursday in her wishes.
“Give back to Paris all its splendor”
While “the countdown to the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games will accelerate”, “we will continue to restore Paris to all its splendor: I am thinking of the large Eiffel Tower site (…) and the launch of the redevelopment of the surrounding area of Notre-Dame, “said the elected Socialist in wishes posted online, instead of a ceremony, due to the new wave of Covid-19 contamination.
Having had to face in 2021 the emergence of the opposition movement #SaccageParis, which denounced pell-mell the lack of cleanliness in the streets, the choice of road development, greening or urban furniture, the Paris town hall undertook in December to review certain points of its redevelopment project around the Eiffel Tower to take into account the criticisms of the public consultation launched in the fall.
Pedestrianize and vegetate the axis between the Trocadéro and the Champ-de-Mars
While it wants to pedestrianize and vegetate the axis between the Trocadéro and the Champ-de-Mars, for a budget of 107 million euros, the town hall said that it would “study new furniture” for the bridge of ‘Jena, where the prospect of planted vats has been “largely questioned” by the contributions.
Concerning the surroundings of Notre-Dame, the “competitive dialogue” underway between the four finalist teams should lead to the designation of the winner at the end of June, but the work, for 50 million euros, does not start until after the Olympic Games of 2024.
“We will continue to embellish Paris,” said the PS presidential candidate, “paying particular attention to the doors that relieve us in the metropolis: the Porte de la Chapelle”, where the Arena 2 (multifunctional room around 8,000 places) is under construction, “and the Porte de Montreuil”, where the market hall project to house flea traders arouses their suspicion.
“We will invest this year 1.65 billion euros to transform our city and fight against inequalities”, indicated Anne Hidalgo by announcing the creation of 6 new schools-oases and of “about thirty” new “streets to schools “.
Created after the first confinement in order to promote the physical distancing of students, and to keep cars away, these “streets to schools”, totally or partially pedestrianized, numbering 169 in the coming weeks, according to a count from the town hall. The fitting out of 21 new ones will cost 9 million euros.