Toulouse: “Densification remains very resistant in Rangueil”, according to Annette Laigneau
Annette Laigneau, deputy mayor of Toulouse and vice-president of Toulouse Métropole in charge of urban planning, responds to the association SOS Pavillons Rangueil Saouzelong, for whom the densification of the district would be “exaggerated”.
“Rangueil Saouzelong is a district where the production of housing is far from being as important as in others, the proximity of the metro, with three stations in the sector, would imply that we densify much more”. Annette Laigneau was quick to react to the association SOS Pavillons Rangueil Saouzelong (SOS PRS) which estimated in our columns (La Dépêche of Tuesday June 7) that the densification in the district was “exaggerated” and complained of the disappearance 13,500 m2 of green spaces and 51 houses for the benefit of buildings in recent years, according to Meryam Pujos, the president of the association.
The metro would mean building more
The deputy mayor of Toulouse in charge of town planning disagrees with these assertions: “I don’t know where this association found such figures. The mayor also replied to his letter. With a density of 58 inhabitants per hectare, Rangueil is slightly higher than the Toulouse average, 41 inhab./ha, the Scot (territorial coherence scheme) recommends 150 inhab./ha, the sector is three times less dense, specifies Annette Laigneau, and if we extend to all Rangueil Saouzelong Pech David and Pouvourville, it falls to 28 inhab./ha”.
For the elected municipal official, the proximity of the structuring transport network (metro) and the fact that the sector is home to many “unsaturated” public facilities and schools, according to Annette Laigneau, would justify that we “provide more constructability but we do not has not had it assessed in this sense, the environment has been relatively preserved”.
The deputy mayor adds: “the district is classified in the guide plan of the City as “to be accompanied” and not as “to be renewed” (already densified), which implies respect for existing urban forms while allowing the construction ; it is a peaceful district, we keep this character. In the sectors already welcoming the collective, we continue to densify. Saouzelong, which includes the old but airy social housing, will benefit from major rehabilitation. Overall, the spirit of the sector is preserved”.