“We must go faster, further, stronger,” insisted Friday the Secretary of State for the City, Sabrina Agresti-Roubache, on the subject of the Marseille plan in full swing to make up for the delays in France’s second city. .
In September 2021, President Emmanuel Macron announced massive state investments – five billion euros – among other things to renovate primary schools in a deplorable state, open up poor neighborhoods in the north by developing a public transport network and fight against poor housing.
In Marseille, some 40,000 people live in slums, as many are waiting for social housing, and the city, more spread out than Paris, has only two metro lines and three tram lines.
Two years later, nearly 90% of the announced projects have been initiated, but initiated projects do not mean completed projects or even projects that are progressing at a good pace, reprimanded Ms. Agresti-Roubache during a meeting at the prefecture, in the presence of communities.
Visibly annoyed by the constant differences between the left-wing town hall and the Metropolis, led by the unsuccessful right-wing candidate for town hall Martine Vassal, the Secretary of State declared to the daily La Provence: I came to whistle at the end of recess.
On transport, the responsibility of the Metropolis, she specified that a meeting of the Public Interest Group, which has not met for months, will take place on January 19.
She also wants an acceleration on the construction site of the 188 schools to be renovated or rebuilt out of 470, a file piloted by the Société publique des coles marseillaises, created jointly by the state and the City.
On housing, the government wants an extension of the perimeter of the Euroméditerrane urban requalification project which has made it possible to transform these neighborhoods near the port and the center. Our goal is to relaunch the construction of housing, particularly social housing, indicates Ms. Roubache’s office.
But where should this perimeter be extended when the north of Marseille already concentrates a very high proportion of social housing compared to other, wealthier districts?
We will define new boundaries together in the coming weeks with all stakeholders and across the city, responds the firm.
As for the rescue plan for four very deteriorated co-ownerships via an operation of national interest, announced by Emmanuel Macron in June, no precise progress has been reported.