l’inauguration de la place d’Armagnac au goût amer à Euratlantique
In front of a banner “Stop Euratlantique…
In front of a “Stop Euratlantique” banner displayed behind their backs, the two men alternately extolled the merits of this mineral “garden” and tried to defend the Euratlantique project that they are forced to inaugurate even though they have some. fought the main lines.
“I wouldn’t have designed it that way…”
“You are on the place of concrete, watch out for your re-election”, threatens Jacqueline, a resident, against Pierre Hurmic; Which answers: “I am not here to get re-elected, but for the Bordeaux that I like. “And do you like that?” Jacqueline bounces back. The grimace of the mayor of Bordeaux says it all. “I wouldn’t have designed it that way, I wouldn’t have chosen this coating,” he admits. But we are going to vegetate more. »
This is the second development of Euratlantique that the ecologist mayor is inaugurating: “I am doing my job as mayor. There are also people who are content with the development of the station area as a whole. »
“These are buildings, it’s high, but with 40% social housing”
If Pierre Hurmic has repeated at will that he is not afraid to “come into the arena, in contact with the population”, he remains bound hand and foot in this operation of national interest. “Between a rock and a hard place…closer to a rock,” he says. “It was before that it was necessary to demonstrate, plague the elected representative of the district Olivier Cazaux. In the 2014 elections, we called for a moratorium, it was the first line of our program…”
To the most virulent detractors, Clément Rossignol Puech responds with figures. “The Gironde welcomes 20,000 inhabitants each year, the metropolis is the champion of urban sprawl, it is the housing crisis. The green city must accept a certain form of density. Euratlantique must accommodate 50,000 inhabitants, 30,000 jobs, half of which will be created. These are constructions, it’s height, but with 40% social housing and controlled costs to keep the middle class in the metropolis. »
“Mobility is the last wheel of the carriage”
However, the leaders of the Vélorution are not deflating. “The aberrations of yesterday must not be reproduced tomorrow. We want to be associated with upstream developments because they put us in danger. Mobility is the last wheel of the carriage”, regrets Batien Sanzes, of Cycles and cranks. The route criss-crossed the most problematic places: access to the Simone-Veil, Palombe and Guit bridges, the Saint-Jean bridge whose cycle paths have been removed, the surroundings of the Méca…
“We will improve, promises the president of Euratlantique. We are going to make a stroll to improve cycling traffic during the works and also present a plan for pedestrians. »