Eight months after the launch of the economic recovery plan called France relaunch, three ministers, Bruno Le Maire (economy and finance), Jacqueline Gourault (cohesion of territories) and Olivier Dussopt (public accounts) drew up, Thursday, May 6, a first assessment of its deployment to local authorities. Of the 100 billion euros of this recovery plan – of which 30 billion have already been committed and 40 billion additional should be at the end of 2021 – 10.5 billion euros are dedicated to them. At the beginning of May, half (5.5 billion) had been mobilized.
The first part of this mechanism is intended to support local investment by providing additional funding of 2.5 billion euros. Already, 2 billion have been allocated, making it possible to support more than 9,000 local projects generating a total of 6 billion euros in public orders. This funding was made directly available to the prefects: they are the ones who examine the files submitted by the communities and award the subsidies.
Thus, 2,000 school buildings – more than 300 high schools, 230 secondary schools, 1,450 primary schools – will benefit from a subsidy for energy renovation or accessibility. More than 70 local medical centers or multidisciplinary health centers have also been created or upgraded. Or even 1,300 kilometers of cycle paths.
In addition, there are sectoral mechanisms, such as the “brownfield fund” intended for the rehabilitation of industrial brownfields. Initially endowed with 260 million euros, to which are added 40 million euros from Ademe for polluted wastelands, it has met with a success that far exceeds forecasts. “The demand is six times higher”, indicated Mr. Le Maire, which will probably lead to a redeployment of funds from this fund.
“Rural areas are doing well”
The government wants ” wring neck “ the widespread idea that this funding would primarily benefit metropolises or communities with significant engineering resources. “Rural areas and priority neighborhoods for city policy are doing well, ensures the ministry of the cohesion of the territories. The prefects will look for projects in fragile territories and help the communities to put together the files if necessary. “ Thus, the municipalities classified as rural revitalization zones (ZRR) benefited from 22% of the municipal envelope of exceptional allocation France relaunch and those where more than 15% of the population lives in priority district of the city (QPV) s’ are allocated 27%; 60 high schools located in ZRR and 100 high schools in QPV will benefit from the regional allocation to carry out thermal renovation work.
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