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The 2024 projects and those to come were discussed during the wish ceremony.
Affected by the flu virus, Pierre Bardies had not lost his humor on the day of greetings to Smah (Mixed hydraulic development union of the Haute Vallée de l'Aude).
In his New Year's speech to elected officials and staff of the Upper Valley Rivers Union, the president urged the room to turn off the continuous news channels, complacent in misfortune. The best anxiety reliever of the moment for doing nothing. A cruel virus favoring small hatreds on a daily basis. Rather than hating each other, Pierre Bardies recommended acting together and being positive about the achievements and the elected officials who “ font “, as with the river union. He took the opportunity to thank the communities of communes, agglomerations, financiers such as the State, the Region and the Department. But also the union's team of loggers, always ready to protect the populations when a mayor of the Aude valley calls him for immediate intervention in a river.
In addition to daily life, the president mentioned the emblematic projects of 2024. Those of Rennes-les-Bains and Saint-Hilaire, carried out by local companies.
-The maintenance and restoration of the banks concerns around a hundred kilometers over the large perimeter of the union which extends into the Pyrénées-Orientales and Ariège. Runoff studies are also underway. The elected official thanked the Smmar (Joint Union of Aquatic Environments and Rivers) for providing personnel and for having found together “a good cruising speed in relationships and work in progress. We must maintain this course to move forward on the Aude River, in liaison with the State.“
For 2025, Pierre Bardies underlined “the importance of the proximity and autonomy of the Limouxin River Pole so that it can meet all the projects useful to the populations of the Haute Vallée while remaining attentive to the cost of maintaining the Aude River“.
