“The Porte de Montreuil is ugly, it’s creepy, it’s a no man’s land. We had to put an end to it!” This Thursday, November 4, nobody took back Patrice Bessac, the mayor of Montreuil when he said these words, nor Tony Di Martino, the councilor of Bagnolet, nor Emmanuel Grégoire, first deputy at the mayor of Paris. And for good reason: everyone agrees on this observation.
Recreate the link between Paris and the neighboring municipalities
Redesigning this ring road to erase the physical separation between the 20th arrondissement of Paris and Seine-Saint-Denis is the objective of the project imagined and funded by the city of Paris to the tune of 100 million euros. In place of the current large roundabout, one must imagine, in a few years, a large 3.5 hectare square with green spaces, shops and offices.
On the north side of the current roundabout, part of the ring road will be covered to build a building above it including a hotel-restaurant and a business incubator. Car traffic will remain possible on two lanes, around the square which has become rectangular.
– Hajera Mohammad
The Puces de Montreuil will move
The famous Montreuil flea market, one of the oldest in Paris, will leave the large outdoor car park where it is currently held to move into 2027 in “a covered hall” distributed over two floors of a new building. The market will lose a third of its locations – from 350 to 240 – but it will be open in return “5 or 6 days a week” instead of 3 today, specifies Eric Pliez, the mayor of the 20th district. Work on the Porte de Montreuil will begin in earnest in 2023 with delivery of the new square expected within 5 or 6 years.