Did Hauteville-sur-Mer (Manche) “a whim”, as estimated by Bruno Quesnel, the mayor of Montmartin-sur-Mer? This Wednesday, November 13, 2024, the tone rose during the Coutances Mer et bocage community council (CMB), during a deliberation on coastal management.
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Pooling forces
The CMB imagines the creation of a partnership structure in order to “pooling forces to manage the coastline”, explains Louis Teyssier, delegated advisor in charge of the coast. This structure would bring together the intermunicipality, the municipalities concerned and their neighbors, the Department, the Region or even the authorized trade union associations (ASA). However, building such a structure takes time and Louis Teyssier draws up an observation: “On the management of the coastline, our teams have reached the threshold of failure. They must be strengthened. »
The intercommunity therefore wishes to employ three additional people: a sediment management plan manager, a coastal engineer and a manager of the coastal engineering service. By the time the partnership structure was born, it was the CMB, the bank…
