Promenade Padioleau and the end of all concrete on the seafront

“I have reduced mobility, I can’t walk 500 meters to get my car, I can’t sleep at night with this story“. Laurence has been anxious since the announcements from the town hall of Saint-Brévin les Pins. The Les Pins residence is the only one built without a parking space. The inhabitants used to park in the squares on the cob just at the foot of the building on the boulevard Padioleau. Except that on the 183 seats todaythere will only be 17 with the birth of the Promenade Padioleau.

“We have to leave the whole concrete and the whole car behind us” explains Mayor Yannick Morez, “we have to move forward with the times, enhance our seafront and green it too”. Clear : one lane of traffica walk treedcourts pedestrians and cycle paths. “We can imagine drop-offs in front of the building for the inhabitants, the time to unload the shopping for example, for the rest there are enough parking spaces almost everywhere in the city. Once the walk is over, you will see, we will hear no more about this problem“assures the chosen one. “What to do for the elderly, the meals we deliver to them, the nurses who come to see them? Where are they going to park? And us, when we come home from work exhausted, we already have to turn around the neighborhood today to find a place, it will become hellish” alarmed a resident Joannie. All the more worried that it is a question of installing right next to his building a medical home. “Where will the doctors and the patients go to park?”.

dialogue of the deaf

“We are not against the project, on the contrary” explains Nelly, president of the union council of the Residence Les Pins. “But you also have to think about the people who live there. We could have revegetated a little less and keep the squares on the cob”.

Dialogue of the deaf with the town hall for whom there is no question. “It’s the public domain. We can’t reserve parking spaces for them”. No negotiation possible? “No”. Especially since the mayor has the support of the population: 75% of respondents on the internet say they are in favor of the project.

Residents who started a petition online, (300 signatures on Monday), also sent couriers at the town hall, and do not exclude a class action before the tribunal. In the meantime, the first pickaxes are planned for this summer with a walkway ready from here. end of 2023. Amount of work : 2.5 million euros.

Finally, a small clarification: Saint-Brévin anchor the Pines will not deletedonly moved. We do not yet know where, the town hall is in discussion with the associations.