But where have they gone, the book boxes in the streets of Cholet (Maine-et-Loire)? Not very far, at the municipal technical center, for the moment. Six of them were removed on Thursday October 17 by the city's technical services with a view to being restored.
“A certain number were damaged, water was seeping in, the locks no longer closed very well »reports Robert Taupin, member of the Cholet-Mauges Lions club, in charge of the book boxes. It is this service club which has financed their gradual installation since 2018 in six locations in Cholet: behind the courthouse, in the ephemeral garden on rue Travot, near the Pasteur social center and Planty and in the Clairefontaine and Le Planty districts. Plessis.
A little patience
The carpentry will be carried out by volunteers from the L'Outil en main association from Cholet and Saint-Macaire-en-Mauges (Sèvremoine). The Cholet-based company L’Écrivain public will be responsible for the signage.
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“Since the time we installed them, we had never had any feedbackcomments Robert Taupin. But curiously over the past few days, we have been receiving emails from people who are worried. » A sign, nonetheless, that they have found their audience. They will return by Christmas, he hopes.
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