“Nauseous odors”, works… Residents of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin share their concerns

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In the evening of Wednesday October 30, 2024a hundred inhabitants from Tourlaville (delegated municipality of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, Manche) found themselves Adrien-Girettes roompour a public meeting for information and direct exchangesat the invitation of Benoît Arrivé, maire of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, and Gilbert Lepoittevin, deputy mayor of Tourlaville.

Initially, the various elected officials and service managers called back for an hour the functioning of institutionspresented theergonomics et the functions of the delegated town hall, but also all the services that can benefit from citizenslike the municipal mutual, “from which we have very good feedback in terms of compromise price and guarantees», notes Benoît Arrivé.

Residents' concerns

A zoom was also carried out on the municipality's website, which allows you to practically all procedures onlinewhether request for identity documents, order for works, making an appointment… while reminding “that of course, for people struggling with digitalthe various town halls remain at your disposal.”

Then the time came for targeted questions: first concern of the inhabitants, the asphalt plant of the west quarry, which “prevents us from opening our windows, because foul odors, especially in summer», complain several residents of the site .

Benoît Arrivé recalled that “the site operator has all necessary permissions and he is regularly checked by the state services. We are strongly opposed to the extension of this site, and we will bring up your comments to the services concerned.

“Crazy!” »

Second thorny point, the modifications to the Collignon site with “the renaturalization work which will modify the places somewhat, with for example the moving the parking lot but also the rehabilitation of Intechmer, an aging building,” indicates Gilbert Lepoittevin.

But for the inhabitants, it is above all the median project between the Collignon pierand the port of the Flemishwhich is unworthy. On the subject, Benoît Arrivé immediately put out the fire:

Such a project would be crazy! We don't know where it comes from, but old plans from the 2000s have come to light, plans which actually at the time had served as support for a feasibility study of such a project; it is no longer relevant at all; I can promise you that as long as I am mayor, not one additional centimeter of median will see the light of day!

Last big subject, the Croix Morel economic activity zone, which questions many residents, fearing to see near their homes ” many imposing buildings et an increase in truck and car traffic ».

Here too Benoît Arrivé wanted to be reassuring: “This area has always been flagged as an activity zone in the PLU. We will allow the establishment of some buildingson a few plots, but they will not be behemoths like the buildings of l’Arsenal or CMN … the race to gigantism will not pass through Cherbourg! »

For now, we have to waitthe result of the current public inquirybefore “launch consultationsto which local residents will of course be invited.”

From our correspondent Jean-Christophe BEAUCHE

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