In 2006, the Yoplait factory disappeared in Ressons-sur-Matz. After planting the dairy, about 80,000 yoghurts produced per year in its 55,000 m2 factory, on 9 hectares and above all its 255 jobs, the city has managed to recover and reconvert the industrial wasteland. The symbol of this reconversion was the breakage of a footbridge this morning of Thursday 24 November over the Matz, a small watercourse renovated (it had been cemented by the elderly) three years ago, and which separated two districts of Riviviamo.
A gentle connection to reach Laneuville-sur-Ressons
This morning a 150-ton crane delicately lifted the wooden walkway, which weighs 6 tons and is about twenty meters long. A precise operation, carried out in a few minutes by the men of the Eurovia company.
Mayor Alain de Paermentier, who envisioned these developments with his team, didn’t miss a beat, just like some onlookers. This walkway was designed as part of the “soft mobility plan to allow people living in Ressons to cross the entire site of the former Yoplait and reach the commune of Laneuville-sur-Ressons and in particular the shop (Carrefour Contact) and the grocery store located in this sector “explains the chosen one.
Opening in spring
The walkway will in fact reconnect two territories: on the one hand, Ressons, strictly speaking with its town hall, its schools, its barracks and its police station, and on the other, the commercial area, and in the centre, the new neighborhood that flourished in place of the old dairy.
Between the new housing built in 2020 and the city separated from the Matz, the municipality is currently developing a park. Its roads have already been traced, but the essential is still missing, that is, the ornaments.
In January, trees will be planted, then street furniture (bins and benches), for an opening “expected in spring” reveals the mayor. This project cost 330,000 euros, of which 70,000 euros for this small wooden bridge that we will soon be able to walk or cycle across. Everything was subsidized up to 80%.
