Prepare to see your favorite neighborhood to metamorphose: the Butte Montmartre is in the process of getting a makeover. Since November 18 and until August 31, 2025development work in the famous 18th arrondissement district will be carried out as part of the “ Beautify your neighborhood » from the City of Paris. What will the changes be and how will you be impacted? We take stock with you.
More parking for bicycles
Implemented in 2021 by the City of Paristhe device “ Beautify your neighborhood » aims in particular to “vegetate, pedestrianize, create cycle paths [et] change street furniture », as the city specifies on its website. On the Butte Montmartre, it is planned to create bike parkingto make ground markings, to install traffic signs and permanently eliminate parking spaces. This work follows public consultations open to all residents of the neighborhood in order to allow them to express their voices in transformation projects and to be fully aware of the scale of the projects.
Work that will slightly impact the daily lives of residents
These arrangements will have consequences on daily life inhabitants of the 18th. The city indicates that the installation of barriers on the tracks and the occasional lane closure for the creation of ground markings may occasionally obstruct traffic. However, for pedestrians, “ traffic is maintained and protected permanently » et « access for emergency vehicles is maintained “. The objective will be to condense the construction sites as much as possible in order to limit disruption. In the space of four years, 42 neighborhoods have already benefited from the system.
