He had been the subject of ridicule during his collision, because the weather was rainy. Those who criticized the installation of the “street sky” in lousy weather probably knew better than everyone that weather unworthy of the month of June would fall on Rennes at this very moment. Visionaries. To give them a little credit, karma decided to make fun of Rennes’ shading system a little more by making it fall.
Drowned under downpours of water, this large net on which thousands of colored strips are attached fell twice last week, notably on the night of June 21 to 22, the evening of the Music Festival. “You will notice that no one was injured,” said Mayor Nathalie Appéré, to de-dramatize the situation. “The device is very light. It’s as if a leaf fell on you,” assures the elected socialist.
A request from firefighters for safety
The question is why the famous shading device already installed in 2023 above rue Le Bastard has already fallen twice this year, even though it had no incident last summer.
According to Nathalie Appéré, if the structure fell, it is because it was hung less firmly this year. “The firefighters need to be able to lower it very quickly if they need to intervene in the area.
Thirty degrees expected Wednesday
There is undoubtedly a setting to be found. The company that took care of it must come back and everything will be back to normal,” assures the mayor of Rennes, playing on the fact that the sky “was no longer going to fall on our heads,” in reference to the one of the famous recurring phrases from the adventures of Asterix the Gaul.
Ten days after its hanging, the shading device installed in Rennes will nevertheless prove useful. While temperatures exceeding 30 degrees are expected on Wednesday for the big sale, the capping roof will be able to cool the main shopping street of the Breton capital. Because that is its role, in a sector of the historic center where it is almost impossible to plant trees.
