Justice has just put a halt this Thursday to the project of the e-commerce giant Amazon. The administrative court of Besançon has just canceled the building permit and the environmental authorization. The project led by the company Vailog was to lead to the construction ofa 76,000 m2 logistics building on an 18-hectare lot primarily concerned with a wetland, as stated in the court’s findings. Justice followed the conclusions of the public rapporteur (explained at the hearing of February 24). A logical decision in the eyes of Bastien Faudot. ” This project was mounted at no load. It is all this opaque and rushed mechanics that the court decided to cancel“, explains the elected Belfortain and departmental councilor (Republican and Socialist Left).
The appeal of neighboring municipalities and associations has paid off
The prefect had nevertheless granted a environmental authorization for this sorting center. Environmental associations (Friends of the Earth, France Nature Environnement) and neighboring municipalities in the area had filed an appeal. So they got satisfaction. ” We are not against the economic development of the air park. But if it continues, we need to develop the roads and the connections that lead to the highway in a more efficient way. We ask that Amazon take into account the nuisances it creates“, explains Marc Blondé, the mayor of Larivière which is one of the three neighboring municipalities of Fontaine with Lachapelle-sous-Rougemont and Angeot who opposed this Amazon project.
Amazon has two months to appeal
Damien Meslot believes for his part that “it is for a matter of form that the Tribunal took this decision“. The president of Greater Belfort is convinced that Amazon (through the company Vailog) will quickly redeposit a new building permit applicationand regrets that the creation of new jobs in the area of the Aéroparc de Fontaine is delayed, for, I quote, “ideological and political reasons”. Amazon has two months to appeal.