In Arlon, a topic is creating controversy. The price planned for the new Place Léopold has been exceeded. But by how much? The mayor and the opposition do not seem to agree on this subject.
The new Place Léopold was inaugurated last May in Arlon.It’s been a long time“, confides mayor Vincent Magnus (Les Engagés). “It’s still a project worth around twenty million, we’re making a place again.“
The renovation cost more than expected.”Three times the price?“, our journalist Frédéric Delfosse asks the mayor.”6 million planned and finally 20 million?“
“Ah good?“, replies Vincent Magnus.
“Yet these are the figures you announced at the beginning.“, retorts Romain Gaudron (Ecolo) who is part of the opposition.
“Some excesses”
“There were some overruns“, nevertheless recognizes the mayor.”For all files for all cities. We have a price revision of between 15 and 20%. I think that is reasonable. When I hear what is happening elsewhere. We are in the budget, what was planned, which was presented to the Council, as there are on several occasions, but we always forget that when we build a car park, there is also income, and there are also subsidies. We received a huge amount of subsidies for this file. We are very happy that the people of Arlon can benefit from it. It will not cost the 20 million in question. It will cost about half of that.“
Every day, “Dans ma commune” discusses the project for the next six years of a Brussels or Walloon municipality. A debate between those who are running for mayor. A debate to better understand the positions of the candidates to experience the municipal elections of October 13. The sequence can be found every day after the RTL info 1 p.m. and in replay on RTL play.
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arlon place leopold municipal elections 2024
