An island of natural freshness, located between two streets in Saint-Cloud, is destined to disappear to make way for a station on line 15. This space, which belonged to the lessor Paris Habitat, was bought in 2020 by the company which is piloting the development of the Grand Paris Express.
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In Saint-Cloud, southwest of Paris, three cedars, lime trees, plum trees and hazelnut trees are doomed to disappear, because 50 meters underground the new line 15 will pass. This 200 km metro around Paris is currently under construction and should be completed in 2031.
The SGP, the Société du Grand Paris in charge of building the metro, now owns the park of the residence and has decided to install one of the emergency exits of the future metro at the level of these trees. An exit to be able to ensure the potential evacuation of passengers in the event of a problem, which would be impossible to put elsewhere, according to the SGP.
But the residents of the residence are determined to save their large trees. They have put online a petition, already signed by 18,000 people, to request that the gates of the future metro be moved a few meters.
The online petition highlights that Atlas cedars can live for over 1,000 years and are among the trees most resistant to heatwaves. And it reminds us that extreme heat kills. According to Santé Publique France, more than 32,000 people died from it between 2014 and 2022.
The inhabitants of Saint-Cloud therefore refuse to give up the freshness and humidity provided by these large trees, and do not want to hear about the compensation measures promised by the SGP, with distant and uncertain benefits.