The fate of the charms of avenue Janvier continues to be discussed by the judges. “Last Thursday, September 30, the administrative court of Rennes apparently wrote the epilogue, intervenes Sandrine Caroff-Urfer of the opposition group Révéler Rennes (LREM), in city council, Monday evening. The slaughter is unfounded, he tells us, and the municipal decrees authorizing it have been canceled. “
An umpteenth judicial episode? In June 2020, the administrative court ruled in favor of the associations La Nature en Ville and the Affranchis Citizens, who had requested the suspension of the municipal decree authorizing the cutting of the first four trees out of 25 intended to be cut. A year later, in June 2021, the Council of State, seized by the City (which in the meantime had revised the copy of its development plan for Avenue Janvier), considered, conversely, that the ‘slaughter could be justified by the project … and returned the ball to the administrative court of Rennes, entrusting it with the care of “To ensure the necessity of this slaughter”. Obviously, the judges still do not see this need.
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“Already more than two years late”
In any case, the City has given up on cutting down the trees and decided to prune them instead every five years, in order to allow light to illuminate the apartments of residents on the lower floors.
“The legal debate revolves around the question of whether to consider our developments as constructions, which would therefore allow logging. But even with this recent court decision, we still don’t have the answer ”, believes Marc Hervé, socialist assistant for town planning, who can always appeal on behalf of the City.
“Hopefully now that we can quickly write the end of this story, continues Sandrine Caroff-Urfer. Delivery of the district has already been more than two years late. The sector of avenue Janvier and the station suffered greatly from the work. “
“Where have the peaceful ramblas gone?” “
Sandrine Caroff-Urfer describes a complicated situation: “Cars park wildly on the interstices between restaurant terraces. Pedestrians walk on cycle paths which they mistake for sidewalks. Cyclists ride indifferently on the bus lane … Where have the peaceful ramblas that we were promised? »
If the city has given up cutting down trees, “All the rest of the developments have not changed, it is the precise project as it had been discussed with the inhabitants …”, would like to moderate Marc Hervé.
Only, if the work has been officially completed since September 2020, “It’s not completely finished, admits the chosen one. The borders of the cycle paths are not yet finalized. ” The delivery of wooden terraces to cafes and restaurants was also postponed to the fall, due to a global shortage.
A matter of time for the deputy: “Appropriation by the Rennais cannot be decreed. ” However, for him, the face of January Avenue is “Already very different from what it was a few months ago. The esplanade of the station is also starting to look like the project that had been defined. “
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