A nursery or a gateway? A reflecting pool or an ice rink? The time for choices has come in Vannes, whose budget will be cut by 3.3 million euros to contribute to the recovery of the State's accounts in 2025. Consequence: the City reduces its investments by 42 million euros in 2024, to 35 million in 2025 – an amount which, however, remains very high. The budgetary choices gave rise to a lot of debate in the municipal council this Monday evening.
The Rabbi a priori sanctified, the crèche of Kercado sacrificed
There are the protected projects: the Museum of Fine Arts at the Château de l'Hermine, the Kerniol school group, the gymnasium of the Saint-Exupéry college, the installation of the footbridge at the port for the development of the Left Bank. On the Rabine side, David Robo said it a little earlier this Monday: “I am not withdrawing anything regarding the Rabine. The extension of the stadium to 15,500 spectators, we still have this desire, but we have partners, the Region, the Department and the Agglomeration, from whom the State is also asking for financial efforts.
And then, there is the list of investments either canceled or postponed: the ice rink, the Pérenno synthetic, the development of Boulevard des Îles. Or even multi-reception in Kercado, “where more than 40% of families are single parents, childcare needs are crucial, in particular to promote access to employment”, contextualized the opposition elected official Audrey Essola, from the group “Together, let’s release the energies of Vannes”. Facing the reflecting pool or the port footbridge (€700,000 financed by the City), “we are prioritizing a new crèche in Kercado which represents an obvious need,” he added, recalling that the City still has the budgets to act.
David Robo did not accept the social lesson: “I pride myself on knowing people in difficulty well, I meet them daily in Korrigans, in Kercado, in Ménimur”.
“There, it’s blurry”
Satisfying the municipal team for its decision not to touch the taxation of Vannes residents, Guillaume Auffret, of the group “Vannes pour tous”, however regretted oversights, “on land pre-emption, because without increased control of the land, it will be impossible to meet the needs”, but also on sports infrastructures, “such as the Dojo de Kerbiquette, the Richemont room or even the Bécel room, which require urgent renovations”. He also asked for “more clarity on priorities between now and the end of the mandate” in 2026.
“There it is unclear, in fact, how the postponed investments were chosen. Is it their cost? Their economic benefits? Without a multi-year investment plan, it is impossible to evaluate,” pointed out Audrey Essola.
David Robo recalled that this budgetary situation is completely unprecedented. “Those who run in 2026 must speak the truth. We will have invested €200 million over 2020-2026, and for the next mandate, the level of investments would be €110-115 million. “It’s the end of the golden age of local authorities.”
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