The Savasse construction site is progressing at a good pace and is following the planned schedule. The installation of two 20-ton metal monsters, footbridges, on April 23, proves it.
Since March 22, when the pumps stopped, the Savasse no longer flows either in its sarcophagus or in its pipes. It follows a provisional route. ” We created a living space 30 meters wide. The river will dance in its bed which little by little, with the floods, will form. We have put back old tree stumps which will be hard spots and which will not go away. This will help slow down the flow and create living spaces where fish and amphibians will settle. “, underlines Lionel Messas, project manager. Because one of the objectives of the site is the renaturation of a concreted space. Nature is therefore reclaiming its rights.
80 years ago, the river, polluted by tannery waste, was covered over 700 meters and flowed through an artificial gallery. The municipality’s flagship project, the Savasse uncovering project, worth 11.7 million, aims to bring Savasse back into the open air over its last 250 meters. Like an engine, the project energizes the Presle district. According to Lionel Messas, “a quarter of owners have carried out work on their property. We could imagine that businesses would set up shop and open terraces on a redeveloped bank with a walking area, a cycle path, planters and seating areas..
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Despite the last few months of rain and five to six floods preventing work for two or three days “, the end of the work is still planned for December 2024. On Tuesday April 23, as planned by the progress of the work, two metal footbridges of 32 and 29 meters long, 3 meters wide and weighing 20 tons were asked. The urban project aims to connect neighborhoods that did not communicate “, underlines the project manager. Thus, one of them is placed at the level of the Josaphat staircase which will be rehabilitated and which opens onto rue Pêcherie. The second will be opposite a staircase which still needs to be built in place of an old destroyed building The staircase will lead to rue de Clérieux and will connect the city center via the Côte Cadeaux. Manufactured by the Chabeuilloise company ADM, the footbridges arrived in. kit.” If the installation only takes ten minutes, there is careful preparation beforehand. We had to cut a traffic route. It’s complicated, the parts fit together and you have to adjust everything to the nearest millimeter “, says the project manager. The footbridges must still be covered with a wooden decking. But before using them, you will have to be patient and wait for the end of the project.
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