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:: PRESENTATION
OF THE GARONNE PROJECT
:: REALISATION
OF WALKWAYS ALONG THE RIVER

Bordeaux
wishes to develop natural wealth, landscape and relevant sites and wants
to promote alternative means of transport to replace cars (river shuttles,
bicycles, footpath) including a pilot infrastructure of walking track
along the river.
The territory under examination is included within the metropolitan plain
of the river Garonne. The representation will develop along the banks
within the city for the realization of access and walkways..
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PRESENTATION
OF THE GARONNE PROJECT
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-GREATER BORDEAUX - FEDERAL AUTHORITY TENDER OFFER FOR CONGLOMERATION
WITH MULTIPLE PARTNERS:
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JOINT WISH OF TWELVE MUNICIPALITIES ALONG THE GARONNE AND THE
DORDOGNE ON THE AREA OF THE URBAN COMMUNITY OF BORDEAUX : |
the Garonne project
was started in 1997, adopted by the Community Council on 29/06/2000
and relaunched by the Community Council on 29/09/2003
OPPORTUNITIES :
- Based on the diagnostics established by the town planning agency
after inquiries within the municipalities lead by the Community
- After identification of the tender for preservation, rehabilitation
and development of the river territory of the Bordeaux conglomerate
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the Garonne project
is taken into account with reference to the conglomeration
Contract Agreement 2000-2006 signed on 23/12/2000 based on
certain aspects:
Axis 1 : International Rayonnement of the greater Bordeaux
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Action
121.3 : reclaiming of abandoned industrial and port sites
to favour the implementation of wealth producing activities:
sites of the tidal Basin
Axis
2 : valorising natural spaces
Action 232 : Garonne Project
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Through a scheme of fundamental evolution orientation
- Objectives for the protection, rehabilitation and development
- An initial partners' action plan
To realise
thanks to diversifying intervention methods
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Direct work supervision C.U.B. Competence: roads and network
- funded by C.U.B tender to the municipalities in the interest
of the community
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Work techniques and financing targets procedures
- landscaping the areas close to the river
- cleaning the banks
- preservation and valorisation of remarkable patrimony:
- nautical equipment and house-boats:
- river tourism
- river transportation
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REALISATION
OF WALKWAYS ALONG THE RIVER
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Opportunities
- Giving dynamism back to the territories along the river
- Valorising the natural patrimony, landscaping remarkable
sites
- Developing alternative means of transport, other than cars
(inter-modality, shuttle boats, bicycles, pedestrians
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Objectives
- To develop access along the river and to link natural spaces of
common interest
- To favour continuity and comfort of transport along the river
Means
- Constituting a common reference scheme coherent with other territorial
projects
- Identifying community poles of interest: patrimony and remarkable
sites, natural spaces
Study- End of 2003
- Analysing the territory with regard to the interest of walkways
in relation to different criteria, such as signals, safety, river
tourism and landscape diversity
Preliminary
- Obtaining an agreement between managing organisations or owners
of the territory concerned
Work
- Beginning of 2004
- the restructuring of the riverbank
- An initial portion of work is forecast over a period of 3 years
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