In Nancy (Meurthe-et-Moselle), the northern part of the Rives de Meurthe district is preparing to erase the scars of its industrial past by taking on a futuristic look. These 160 hectares of wasteland on the eastern edge of the city will see the emergence of a new judicial district, a thousand housing units as well as a long urban park surrounding an autonomous transport line using two-seater capsules.
To ensure project management of this program, Greater Nancy has mandated SPL Nancy Sud Lorraine Aménagement. Its urban project management, led by the Ter agency, was joined this fall by Arcadis. The engineer was responsible for designing the adjoining landscaping and integrating the transport infrastructure of the start-up Urbanloop on the 3.3 km right-of-way of a former railway line (€11 million project excluding tax). “We will have to resolve safety issues in conjunction with the Technical Service for ski lifts and guided transport [STRMTG – rattaché au ministère des transports, NDLR]particularly for crossing intersections,” explains Nicolas Douay, regional development director at Arcadis.
Born in 2019 in Nancy, Urbanloop won its first long-term public contract from the metropolis, in March 2023. Tested at the 2024 Olympics, its mobility solution will allow the daily transport of 1,000 to 1,500 users between a park and ride facility at north of the city and the city center. “The mayor [PS] of Nancy, Mathieu Klein, campaigned so that the old railway line did not give way to a road traffic lane, as planned by the former majority, but to soft mobility”, recalls Bertrand Mazur, deputy general director of Greater Nancy.
Wastelands undergoing reconversion. When they are put into circulation, by 2028, the capsules will cross the forecourt of the future judicial city, a 12,000 m² complex expected that same year on the former Alstom industrial site, owned by Greater Nancy. The launch this fall of the call for tenders for the decontamination and deconstruction of an old hall marks a first step in the realization of this €45 million project including tax. The Dutch agency Kaan Architecten, retained by the Public Agency for Justice Real Estate (Apij), project owner, plans to preserve the facades.
At the same time, the Rives de Meurthe north guide plan expects the construction within ten to twelve years of 800 housing units in Nancy and 230 in Maxéville, the neighboring town. A first tandem of developers, AB Promotion and Vinci Immobilier, was found for the 1.2 ha Olitec private wasteland. That of Grands Moulins (nearly 7 ha), owned by the agricultural cooperative Vivescia, is still awaiting the realization of the projects carried out by the chosen group, made up of Nexity, Compagnie Immobilier de Restoration (CIR) and Chatelet.
An unknown has just been added to the urban equation: the announced reductions in state subsidies to communities could force Greater Nancy to postpone certain projects, such as the construction of a footbridge over the Marne canal. au-Rhine.
