The State is ordered to completely clean up all polluted areas located between Mont Rose and Callelongue, on the southern coast of Marseille, within a period not exceeding June 30, 2028. The prefecture indicates that it takes note of the decisions.
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The administrative court of Marseille ordered the State on December 16, 2024 to clean up the disused wastelands located between Mont Rose and Callelongue, on the southern coast of Marseille, before 2028. The former industrial site of Legré-Mante, located at Madrague de Montredon, must also be decontaminated.
“The prefect takes note of the decision of the administrative court which confirms the need for work to secure the slag deposits undertaken by the State and to achieve the decontamination of the former Legré Mante factory”, indicated the regional prefecture.
The jurisdiction confirms, in fact, with regard to the southern coast, the need to carry out, according to the planned schedule, the security work undertaken by Ademe on the sites defined as priority in the coves with regard to their health sensitivity or environmental. “These operations could be expanded, according to arrangements that it is up to the State to define, if additional security measures prove necessary. The State will thus continue its commitment to successfully complete the decontamination process within the planned deadlines. This particularly complex work, with a total cost estimated at 14 million euros, aims to secure, by June 2028, 20 slag deposits in the creeks between Monte Rosa and Callelongue in Marseille.
“With regard to the Legré-Mante factory site, the Administrative Court draws conclusions from the judgments which declared the cancellation of the building permits of Gingko and Constructa”, said the prefecture. The court asks the State to intervene with the owner of the site, who, although not at the origin of the pollution, took the place of the industrial operator, so that he could carry out clean-up operations. securing the site.
At the same time, the State will have to put in place public utility easement measures in order to regulate and limit the use of land in this sector. On the other hand, in the absence of established damage, the Administrative Court rejected all of the requests for compensation for a high amount claimed by the individuals.
