Of the routes torn off, say carried away by the force ofeau and sometimes whole sections of montagne weakened by landslides.
The bad weather of 2023 has not spared the Alpes de Haute-Provence department. So much so that a year later, certain sectors are still in the process of reconstructionnotably the Col d'Allos road, closed until July 2025.
The sum of works to achieve is important and the financial envelope to achieve them is just as important. In June 2024, the Department of Alpes de Haute-Provence had estimated the cost of the work at €12 million and said it was worried about state support, since an initial assessment put it at €2.5 million, as compensation for natural disasters.
Ultimately, €11 million will be provided by the State to the Alpes de Haute-Provence Departmental Council and €3.5 million to the municipal block, an announcement made on Thursday, November 28 by the Minister of Rural Affairs and Commerce. , and Crafts, Françoise Gatel, during her trip to the Hautes-Alpes.
Bad weather: inspection missions to assess the need for help
« This financial support from the State to the communities of our department is the result of intense partnership work over nearly a year with the departmental council and the communities. », underlines Marc Chappuis, the prefect of the Alpes de Haute-Provence who recalls that the €48 million in national credits obtained by the local authorities Hautes-Alpesof the Alpes de Haute-Provenceof the Alpes-Maritimes and theArdeche are the result of an inspection mission lasting almost a year to assess the need for assistance from the State.
Make the territory more resilient
Beyond the identical reconstruction of infrastructures that have been destroyed, we must ensure that we make our territories more resilient to face the effects of climate change. »,
adds the state representative.
To build this resilience faced with the risk of renewal, or even worsening, of the damage caused by extreme weather events in the Alpine arc, a new inspection mission will be launched to learn lessons from these floods and identify the guidelines for resilience plans to propose to local authorities and stakeholders.
This missionknown as “Retex-resilience”, will submit its first analyzes within 3 months and its conclusions within 5 months.
