Toulouse. Finally a City Stadium and green spaces at the Ponts Jumeaux
A few days ago, the elected officials, including the mayor of Toulouse Jean-Luc Moudenc, had several facilities in the Ponts-Jumeaux district: the City Stadium, the path between the boulevard de Suisse and the side canal, thus allowing better access to banks, various green spaces and the development of the boulevard de Suisse public garden, opposite the Auchan store.
“These different facilities have failed, recalls Gérard Coulon, president of the Ponts-Jumeaux neighborhood committee. We struggled a lot to obtain them and the municipality listened attentively to our requests.”. This moment was also an opportunity to discover, along the path, the wall of the hangar of the Tollens company, decorated by the collective of graffiti artists Mister Freeze in a very contemporary version. A fresco designed in conjunction with the Maison de la Peinture.
This inauguration was also a moment of discussion with elected officials. “This is only a first step, continues Gérard Coulon. This district must be improved. We have also asked Laurence Arribagé, more places like the City Stadium. A playground for example with a football field to kick the ball would be welcome”.
The collective also wants more local shops and public facilities in an evolving district. “We are confident. The City is concerned about this. With 40,000 housing requests currently pending in Toulouse, public facilities must be anticipated to avoid the densification problems known in other districts. But we are confident. The City preempts and freezes quite a few building permits”.
“Our neighborhood is also the victim of furious vehicle traffic, notes Claude Marquié, vice-president of the committee. Boulevard de Suisse, Chemin du Sang de Serp and the Bessan route have received too fast cars which turn away from the bypass , leading of course to a risk of accident. The means already in place (educational radar and counting cars) should not prevent the creation of facilities for pedestrians and bicycles”.