Toulouse: “The objective is to carry out the “Right bank, left bank” project in 2023″
Julie Escudier, mayor of the Hypercentre district of Toulouse, responds to the Dépêche du Midi about the urban project “Rive droite, rive gauche”.
What is the timeline for this project?
The objective is to achieve it in 2023, before the delivery of the heavier development of Metz Est. For the moment, we are in the participation phase, we are finishing the consultation. The public meeting on Monday evening was part of it, the Salle des Illustres was full and the participants worked in various workshops. It is not yet known what the contributions will be. We must also look at what can or cannot be done among these proposals. This will be the work of this summer. The goal is to present the final project at the start of the school year, but if there is a need for a new workshop session, we will take the time to do it.
How did you define these first proposals?
The follow-up process is new and deserves to be detailed. We worked with the members of Codev (Toulouse Metropolis Development Council, editor’s note) by launching a hackathon which took place over an entire day, from morning to evening, with various workshops and multidisciplinary teams made up of students, professionals in architecture and town planning, from very diverse associations, each participant having a different position on these subjects. It was a question of seeing how to accompany the renovation of Metz Est, which will modify the circulation of the city center, and to think about what facilities to offer from Esquirol to Saint-Cyprien. This preliminary time made it possible to build the scenario which was presented this Monday to the many participants of the public meeting at the Capitol.
The purpose of the project is to secure soft modes of traffic (cycling, walking) and to calm motorized traffic. Parking will be removed. Is it a risk of rejection?
The overall objective is indeed to calm traffic in the city center, to improve the sharing of public space and the quality of life. As far as parking is concerned, replica solutions are proposed, such as a return of places at the port of La Garonnette and even more resident parking at Saint-Michel.